I found the movie to be sweet and heartwarming.
Honeymooners (2005)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:15
Rotten:91
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: This pointless remake of the classic TV series only offers generic characters and gags.
Theatrical Release:Jun 10, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $12,802,068
Synopsis: In THE HONEYMOONERS--an update of the classic 1950s television comedy that starred Jackie Gleason--Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) is a New York City bus driver and irrepressible dreamer... In THE HONEYMOONERS--an update of the classic 1950s television comedy that starred Jackie Gleason--Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) is a New York City bus driver and irrepressible dreamer whose mind constantly whirs with new plans to get rich. But six years after meeting his wife, Alice (Gabrielle Union), none of his schemes have resulted in anything more than clutter in the closet of their Brooklyn apartment. When Alice's dream of buying a home looks like it could become a reality, the Kramdens team up with their best friends who live upstairs, Ed (Mike Epps) and Trixie (Regina Hall), to amass the $20,000 for a down payment before a shady land developer (Eric Stoltz) beats them to it. THE HONEYMOONERS gives a few nods to the original series, like Ed's trademark hat, and a sweet twist on Ralph's signature line: instead of threatening to knock Alice to the moon, he promises to take her there someday. Cedric the Entertainer is an ebullient screen presence, revealing the good heart beneath Ralph's swagger as he struggles to keep from letting Alice down yet again. With its talented cast and zippy script, THE HONEYMOONERS is a comedy anyone can enjoy. [More]
Starring: Mike Epps, Regina Hall, Gabrielle Union, John Leguizamo
Starring: Mike Epps, Regina Hall, Gabrielle Union, John Leguizamo, Eric Stoltz, Cedric the Entertainer
Director: John Schultz
Director: John Schultz
Screenwriter: David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Danny Jacobsen, Don Rhymer
Producer: David T. Friendly, Marc Turtletaub, Eric C. Rhone, Julie Durk
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Studio: Paramount Pictures
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Cedric The Entertainer is a smart, charismatic guy, but those qualities are MIA in The Honeymooners. The movie doesn't deserve him.
I have some real affection for The Honeymooners because I liked the core cast so much. I just wish that everything else was on the same level.
They should have just dug up three scripts from the old shows, stapled them together and turned that in for their screenplay. Instead, we're stuck with a shapeless mass.
This laughless attempt to modernize the Kramdens and Nortons is somewhat akin to sacrilege, as it waters down the characters and strips them of their unforgettable quirks and tics.
Four screenwriters, including veteran TV producer Danny Jacobson, have cobbled together a script so rickety that it could itself pass as one of Ralph Kramden’s harebrained get-rich schemes.
It could be part-autobiographical for director John Schultz who blunders through a tediously half-baked plot and fails to make it pay off.
It's not as bad as the average Hollywood movie, it's stupendously worse.
Since The Honeymooners is not a respectful tribute to the original, nor does it stand on its own, a beloved piece of American entertainment has officially been besmirched.
The real question is whether we like these people. To my surprise, the answer is yes.
A surprise and a delight, a movie that escapes the fate of weary TV retreads and creates characters that remember the originals, yes, but also stand on their own.
Though the patterns are there, the laughs aren't, mostly because the writing is so lazy and formulaic.
Fans of the original series probably won't care for it, and the rest of us could probably get the same kind of entertainment in our living rooms, for free.
It has charm. That’s enough to make it tolerable, while still being firmly rooted as just a big screen sitcom.
The script (credited to four screenwriters) uses a plethora of already-dated urban inside humor that reeks of pandering.
It doesn't fail because of its concept or casting; it fails because the film is as flat as the paper the script was printed on.
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