It’s silly stuff, but director Andrew Bergman (who had already demonstrated his comedic chops with The Freshman) succeeds in treating the film with just the right levels of seriousness to prevent Honeymoon in Vegas from descending down the rabbit hole of fourth-wall-breaking parody – an approach his cast take as well. RELATED: Nicolas Cage Would’ve Built an $80 Million Las Vegas Studio if It Weren’t for That Elon Musk What follows is a series of wacky hijinks from Las Vegas to Hawaii and back again as Jack frantically tries to win back the heart of the woman he loves, but a conniving man like Tommy isn’t in any rush to let that happen. Tommy arranges for Jack to lose a poker game to the tune of $65,000, and since such a large sum is beyond anything Jack could pay, Tommy offers to wipe his debt in exchange for a weekend with Betsy. However, it doesn’t take long for Betsy to catch the attention of professional gambler Tommy Korman ( James Caan) due to her resemblance to his deceased wife. In typical rom-com fashion, Honeymoon in Vegas' plot exists more as an excuse for zany set pieces and over-the-top character drama than a complex narrative, but when the set pieces and drama are as amusing as this, who in their right mind would complain? Our reluctant hero is Jack Singer (Cage) who, despite promising his mother on her deathbed that he would never marry, whisks his girlfriend Betsy ( Sarah Jessica Parker) to Las Vegas so he can finally give her the life she craves.
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