Honeysuckle Rose

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Honeysuckle Rose

PG

1980

1h 59m

Musical

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Country music star Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson) has spent a lot of years on the road, but despite his wife Viv's (Dyan Cannon) entreaties that he stay put, he just can't give up the lifestyle. When his guitar player and best friend, Garland Ramsey (Slim Pickens), decides to retire, Buck replaces him with Garland's daughter, Lily (Amy Irving), and heads back out on tour. The two begin an affair which Viv quickly picks up on, and Buck is forced to choose between the two women he loves.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

The movie is sly and entertaining, but it could have been better. Still, it has its charms, and one is certainly the presence of Willie Nelson himself.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Aug 30, 2004

This ought to be easily told, but somehow it isn't, perhaps on account of the movie's odd casting.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 6, 2026

"Honeysuckle Rose" is not so much a movie as a visual gloss for the best-selling country-and-western records of Willie Nelson.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 16, 2005

3/5

Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Jan 29, 2004

Honeysuckle Rose is built upon the excellent music of Willie Nelson and Dyan Cannon's appealing performance.

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CodyZamboni Z

@CodyZamboni Dec 14, 2024

Movie has nice, easy going, country feel, Captures the spirit of country music, and the atmosphere of the concert tour crowd, Anchored by pleasant performances by the leads. Some silliness at the end is not needed.

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Dave W

@Buffalo1979 Feb 15, 2023

Rotten tomatoes is not very reputable. In the very description of this movie they get it wrong. Slim Pickens character Garlands daughter is Bucks wife, not his mistress.

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ashley h

@ashleyhobgood87 Apr 11, 2020

Honeysuckle Rose is an okay film. It is about a country singer who is on the road and caught in a romantic triangle. Willie Nelson and Dylan Cannon give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Jerry Schatzberg did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the music and romance.

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Jan 5, 2020

CLASSIC WILLIE! I love this movie. So many stars in this...

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader Feb 1, 2019

The best movie song ever sung: On the Road Again!

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Sep 7, 2017

one of my favourite movies from when I Was young

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Synopsis

Country music star Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson) has spent a lot of years on the road, but despite his wife Viv's (Dyan Cannon) entreaties that he stay put, he just can't give up the lifestyle. When his guitar player and best friend, Garland Ramsey (Slim Pickens), decides to retire, Buck replaces him with Garland's daughter, Lily (Amy Irving), and heads back out on tour. The two begin an affair which Viv quickly picks up on, and Buck is forced to choose between the two women he loves.

Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: PG
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Surround

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