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| Honey
Year: 2003
Classification: Drama/Romance
Country: USA
Directed:
- Billie Woodruff
- Bille Woodruff
Actors/Actresses:
- Jessica Alba
- Mekhi Phifer
- Joy Bryant
- Lil'Romeo
- David Moscow
- Missy Elliott
- Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott
This Year's "Glitter"
First, the obvious question - why was I watching this? Well, when my younger sister was visiting me she rented it, and half from morbid curiosity/half from Jessica Alba's abs, I sat in.
This film chronicles the journey of Honey Daniels, from teaching dance at the unspecified "center" all the way to stardom as a choreographer of the stars. Along the way she's confronted briefly by a mother who knows "there's a whole beautiful world out there for her to see," the slimy agent who wants to exploit her, the unsympathetic best friend, domestic violence, and well...now I'm boring myself.
I'll start with positives: It could have been worse. It at least looked like a real movie with real actors (for the most part). Alba looks pretty amazing, and for what dancing there is, it's well done.
The problems...well...let's be realistic. You kind of know what you're going to get with a movie like this, so it seems almost bully-ish to bring up things like plot and dialogue. Unfortunately, every character in this movie is a walking, breathing cliché, with as much depth as a puddle in your driveway. If that seems unkind, consider that I called them "walking and breathing." That was benevolent. The other major problem is with the dance content. The only thing this movie really had going for it was Alba and her dancing. There isn't all that much of it. The story has her going off to be a choreographer, not a dancer, which takes her out of the action that most of this movie's potential audience wants to see. The only way for "Honey" to be successful would have been to cram it with Alba dancing. They didn't get that memo.
There are two reasons to see this film. 1) If you are an aspiring dancer and want some inspiration, and 2) if you really, really, really like Jessica Alba. I hope Alba gets past this one and makes some more films. She's much less annoying and much more talented than the current slew of canned actress/singers (Mandy Moore, Hillary Duff etc.). I did give it 2 stars, however, since it wasn't as bad as Glitter, the all-time low for movies of this type. If Glitter is 1-star, then this has to be at least 1 higher, so Jessica can thank Mariah for setting a standard so low that even this can surpass it.
Cliche To The Hilt
An MTV/BET hybrid film starring Jessia Alba who was clearly chosen for her looks. It is my understanding that she had to be taught how dance which baffles me because the last time I checked Mya is a trained dancer and since acting skills were not a prime concern, she could have done the role. I think the change in casting alone could have saved this movie from the absolute trash heap into at least renting class. After all, there would have been some real reason to expand on the dancing. Beyond that gripe, the numerous cliches were overwhelming to the point where my 13 year old younger sister could stand no more.
Honey
This movie really sucks. The dancing was good but the story is really bad. Jessica Abla does not know how to act. She is very cheesie. She looks good but that about it. If i could give it a zero or worst i would.
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