Honeymooners

Movie
German title	Honeymooners
Original title	The honeymooners
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2005
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	John Schultz
script	Danny Jacobson David Sheffield Barry W. Blaustein Don Rhymer
production	Julie Durk David T. Friendly Eric Rhone Marc Turtletaub
music	Richard Gibbs
camera	Shawn Mason
cut	John Pace
occupation
Cedric the Entertainer : Ralph Kramden Mike Epps : Ed Norton Gabrielle Union : Alice Kramden Regina Hall : Trixie Norton Eric Stoltz : William Davis Jon Polito : Kirby John Leguizamo : Dodge Carol Woods : Alice's mother Ajay Naidu : Vivek Arnell Powell : DJ Suckaslam Leticia Castillo : Young mother Chuy Bravo : Grocer Doreen Keogh : Celestine Camille Donegan : Lissa

Honeymooners (Original title: The Honeymooners ) is an American comedy film from 2005 . Directed by John Schultz ; the script was written by Danny Jacobson , David Sheffield , Barry W. Blaustein and Don Rhymer . The film is based on the American sitcom of the same name.

action

The New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is friends with the worker Ed Norton. Ralph marries Alice, who, like Ed's wife Trixie, harasses her husband with the desire to lead a better life. She wants to move from Brooklyn to a better area.

Ralph and Ed develop numerous plans to raise money. The business ideas result in Ralph losing the family savings on a new home.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films described the film as "a failed revival of a successful American comedy show from the 1950s as a cinematic outfit based on a brazenly pointless script full of lame gags" .

Cinema magazine wrote that the director was letting the comedy "degenerate into greasy nonsense with stale jokes" . She only praised the performance of John Leguizamo, while the other depictions were "yelp bad" . The editors mocked that one should shoot the script to the moon.

Awards

Gabrielle Union was nominated for a BET Comedy Award in 2005. Cedric the Entertainer was nominated for the Black Movie Award in 2005.

backgrounds

The plot is based on the television series The Honeymooners from the 1950s. The film was shot in Dublin , Jersey City and New York City . Its production amounted to an estimated 27 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 12.8 million in US cinemas. In some countries like Hungary , Argentina and Australia it was released directly on DVD or video.

Web links

• Honeymooners in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Honeymooners at rotten tomatoes (English)
• Honeymooners at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Honeymooners in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on September 1, 2008
2. ↑ Cinema , accessed September 1, 2008
3. ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 1, 2008  
4. ^ Filming locations for The Honeymooners , accessed September 1, 2008
5. ^ Box office / business for The Honeymooners , accessed September 1, 2008
6. ↑ Release dates for The Honeymooners , accessed September 1, 2008