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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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Cedric the Entertainer is a funny man, but he isn't Jackie Gleason, and anyone who isn't Jackie Gleason has no business playing Ralph Kramden.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Maybe my memory is a little hazy, but I fail to remember any booger jokes or gas siphoning gags in the Gleeson creation

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
06/10/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

The Honeymooners, though not bad, is hardly ever good, either.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/10/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

You feel so little for the characters... the stakes feel so small.

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
06/10/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

...don't expect any spousal abuse in the mushy, pedestrian and totally unnecessary big-screen version of The Honeymooners.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
06/10/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Cedric doesn't display his usual flair and energy.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
06/09/05
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

A big-thinking schemer and dreamer like Ralph Kramden was amusing in the quaint days of 1955. In 2005, he comes off like a moron.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
06/09/05
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Just funny enough to mollify purists and amuse the uninitiated.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/09/05
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Cedric and Epps have none of the team chemistry Gleason shared with Art Carney, and Epps' Norton displays none of Carney's eccentricities.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
06/09/05
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

It's not a complete travesty. At the same time, it's nothing at all special.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
06/09/05
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The movie falls into a quickly boring pattern: Ralph does something boneheaded. Ed says something stupid and falls down. Alice becomes exasperated with Ralph. Repeat.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
06/09/05
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It's as if whenever The Honeymooners comes close to delivering on a funny idea, the movie runs screaming in the opposite direction.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
06/09/05
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald

A tasteless comedy rife with bad slapstick, dull humor and a host of unpleasant characters.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
06/09/05
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

The real question is whether we like these people. To my surprise, the answer is yes.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
06/09/05
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
06/09/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Superfluous though it may be, The Honeymooners is not so bad.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/09/05
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Though the patterns are there, the laughs aren't, mostly because the writing is so lazy and formulaic.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/09/05
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

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.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/09/05
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic

Not only an insult to the original, it should be shown at film schools as proof of how pointless a movie can be.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/09/05
David Hiltbrand
David Hiltbrand
Philadelphia Inquirer

Pratfalls into the pit between reinvention and homage, then wallows there in a muck of trite situations and half-baked characterizations.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
06/09/05
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly
 
 
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