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Honeymooners

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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.

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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The Honeymooners is as unnecessary a remake as one might fear, but we've seen plenty of worse TV to film translations

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
06/13/05
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
Washington Times

feels like watching an hour and a half block of a sitcom – one half hour is really funny, another good for a few laughs and the other the one you could catch in reruns.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
06/13/05
Jeffrey Lyles
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

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.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
06/12/05
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Is it acceptable if we skipped this particular honeymoon and head right over to the divorce settlement instead?

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
06/11/05
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

This isn't the worst movie of the year—it isn't even the worst comedy of the year—but it may be one of the blandest.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
06/11/05
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

I found the crazy schemes hatched by this new Kramden/Norton duo very funny indeed.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/11/05
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Deserves to be sent straight to the moon.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
06/10/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

The (remake) honeymoon is over, people; if more movies like this come out, I may ask for a divorce from the whole medium.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
06/10/05
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com

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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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.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
06/10/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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

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

When a performer as sharp as Cedric the Entertainer is reduced to funny fat-guy shtick, you know you're in the presence of grinding mediocrity.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/10/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Cedric the Entertainer comes close to sharing Gleason's gift for, well, entertaining. He's the biggest reason this version of The Honeymooners is such an amusing surprise.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
06/10/05
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

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

Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden was a powder keg. Cedric the Entertainer's Ralph Kramden is a cream puff.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
06/10/05
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
Sacramento Bee

Remaking The Honeymooners is as lame-brain an idea as any scheme cooked up by Ralph Kramden.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Could Cedric have pulled it off with a better script? We'll never know, because there will not be a sequel.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

The gags in this don't just feel played. They're exhausted.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
06/10/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
 
 
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