The Honeymooners

2005 "Dream big. Scheme bigger."
3.5| 1h30m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 10 June 2005 Released
Producted By: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.

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mrboyka First excuse My English. What a great movie,One of the best Comedy Movies I ever watched,obviously there is some racists guys that hate black movies. This was great beautiful directing,beautiful city,and funny. Cedric the entertainer and Mike Epps,were really extraordinary funny. I watched the movie 5 Times,And I am not bored until now. I did not watch old Honeymooners ,so I don't give shi.. about IT. IT is just a movie,how in the world can a Real Human with feelings say that this movie is not funny. Thank you Cedric for entertaining me. This is one of the Most underrated movie I ever saw. It was only Ignored because black Men and Women,play the Kramdens.
MLDinTN was this made. It is one of the worst movies to come out in the last five years. It was nothing like the original honeymooners, except same character names and jobs. Otherwise, the film has nothing of the charm the sitcom had. It's about Ralph and Ed wasting all their savings but needing to come up with 20000 dollars to buy a duplex for their wives. So, they come up with a couple of stupid schemes that don't work. And at the end their silly scheme seems to fail, but works out in the end, racing greyhounds, no less.But, it was not really funny and not well thought out. There was hardly enough substance to even make the movie last 90 minutes.FINAL VERDICT: A total rip off and waste of time
Robert W. Harsh, Harsh, Harsh!! I am always blown away by how harsh IMDb reviewers can be!! I recently caught the Honeymooners on a movie network and decided to give it the old college try. Having seen a few reruns here and there of the original Honeymooners CERTAINLY this film would have faired better having NOT been a supposed remake of the original Jackie Gleason classic. It has little to nothing to do with the original except for names and occupations. Whereas the original took place entirely in Ralph and Alice's small and modest apartment with Ralph cooking up schemes and Alice getting angry and Ralph's boisterous loud personality this one takes place more outside the apartment with Ralph coming up with some outlandish and rather humorous schemes to make them rich.Cedric the Entertainer, who I have never been a big fan of, is no replacement for Jackie Gleason, that much is for certain. Cedric tries his hand at the loud, obnoxious Ralph Kramden but is more lovable and understandable then Gleason's Kramden. But he does a decent job and leads the film well enough to be watchable. Mike Epps takes the role as Ralph's best friend and cohort Ed Norton. Epps is not the physical comedian that Art Carney was, he doesn't even come close. Ed is far more of a backseat character and there is really no chemistry between Epps and Cedric that is needed for their wild and outlandish ideas. Epps is a really unfortunate casting job and character in the film because Norton was always one of my favorites with his bumbling but lovable personality and it just isn't there this time around. Gabrielle Union gives a stand out performance in this film. She is terrific as down to earth, and intelligent Alice Kramden. I would never think her and Cedric would have any chemistry (similar to the odd pairing of Gleason and Meadows) but Union makes it work and they are cute together. Even the scene of them meeting is endearing and sets up a very real romance between them despite Ralph's madcap ways. Union is really great in this film. Regina Hall is wasted as Trixie Norton. She has zero personality and is just always in the background. She adds little to nothing to the story and is unfortunately cast. The Nortons as a whole were a waste to the film although obviously necessary but add nothing to it. I also must mention Carol Woods who plays Alice's mother in a small role but she is terrific. She is funny and it's fun to watch her and Cedric clash which is definitely a necessity to Honeymooners humor.Despite some odd miscasting and trying to wrap your head around why this is The Honeymooners the film is fun, clean, just a nice little family comedy that is easy to watch. Sure it's fluff but it's FUN and there is some laughs to be had. The schemes and the plot are easy to follow and fun to watch as well. I know this isn't the greatest film, in fact it's pretty plain but it absolutely is watchable and there is far worse out there and I enjoyed sitting through it and I don't hate Cedric The Entertainer nearly as much as I used to and I have a whole new respect for Gabrielle Union who was really a strong female lead in an averagely written script. I think if you want a nice little fluffy comedy then you'll seriously enjoy this one but if you're expecting The Honeymooners in any way shape or form...well don't. Go in it with different expectations and give it a chance. Unexperienced director John Schultz is probably just learning the ins and outs and for an attempt like this he does adequately. 7/10
leighabc123 Come on! We know this was a horrible movie. We know that a lot of plots in this movie were stupid. Why would someone risk so much money in so many get rich schemes? Why did Mike Epps make the dog lose the race and keep them from winning $20,000? Why did the wives even bother to show up at the dog races. Why did Cedric continue to let that gas guzzling con artist take money from him to train that orphaned dog? Why did the train that Cedric sell back to the foreign man sell for $1 million? There were so many stupid unbelievable plots! Yes, this movie isn't like the 1955 version of the Honeymooners. But it is just as funny. Plus any movie with fly Regina Hall and fly Gabrielle Union cannot be that bad!