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Honeymooners (2005)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:4

Rotten:25

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: This pointless remake of the classic TV series only offers generic characters and gags.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some innuendo and rude humor

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
06/18/05
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The comedy wannabe has the lamest, most predictable banter of any recent movie.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
06/18/05
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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The real problem is that the Kramdens' precarious financial situation, which gave the original its poignant frisson, is sidestepped.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/14/05
Mark Holcomb
Mark Holcomb
Village Voice
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I like the cast. They’re very talented, they’re really funny, they have a dreadful script to work with.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
06/13/05
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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John Leguizamo steals the show as its sleazy trainer -- not that there's much to steal from John Schultz's joylessly schematic paycheck.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/10/05
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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There's plenty of space up there for a colony of mediocre filmmakers. That's right, folks. To the moon. Bang! Zoom!

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Blame it all on the Bad Guys, those Hollywood suits who think by committee and never met a focus group they didn't like. This is product, pure and simple.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Teresa Wiltz
Teresa Wiltz
Washington Post
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The lunar destination aims far too high. This misbegotten movie heads straight for the dogs and the sewer, literally so.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
06/10/05
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Cannibalizing old programs has become a reflex action in Tinseltown, and as a result, audience expectations are low. It must be hard to resist the temptation to live down to them.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/10/05
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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The funny stuff is too scattered to forgive the buffoonish storyline.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/10/05
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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A bland, dull and only occasionally funny waste of time that will very soon be gathering dust in the remainder bins.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The honeymoon is over.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Why? Why would someone do this? How did we get here, watching mediocre remakes of classic 1950s sitcoms? What is the meaning of it all? Does cinema have a purpose beyond supporting the theater-concessions industry?

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/10/05
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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If not for a few interludes of lively riffing by John Leguizamo, playing a dog trainer and all-around hustler named Dodge, there would be nothing funny about any of this.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/10/05
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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[Has] a script that never answers a key question: Why does this movie exist?

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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There have been funnier comedies. But there also have been far worse reasons to make a movie. Or remake a sitcom.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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The best thing that can be said about the new Honeymooners is that it respects its elders: It plays like an episode of the show. The worst thing is that it plays like an episode of the show.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
06/10/05
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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It's as if the movie is half Honeymooners remake and half typical weak comedy, which doesn't add up to a whole lot of anything.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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It's not as bad as the average Hollywood movie, it's stupendously worse.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/10/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Just funny enough to mollify purists and amuse the uninitiated.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/09/05
Joe Leydon
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Variety
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