Honey (2003)

Honey is a sexy, tough music video choreographer who shakes up her life after her mentor gives her an ultimatum: sleep with him or be blacklisted within their industry.

Director:

Bille Woodruff

Writers:

Alonzo Brown, Kim Watson

Stars:

Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Romeo Miller

8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jessica Alba	...	Honey Daniels
Mekhi Phifer	...	Chaz
Romeo Miller	...	Benny (as Lil' Romeo)
Joy Bryant	...	Gina
David Moscow	...	Michael Ellis
Lonette McKee	...	Mrs. Daniels
Zachary Williams	...	Raymond (as Zachary Isaiah Williams)
Christian Monzon	...	Bar Customer
Al Shearer	...	Bar Customer
Jull Weber	...	Joey
Laurieann Gibson	...	Katrina (as Laurie Ann Gibson)
O'Neal McNight	...	Katrina's Friend
Kevin Duhaney	...	Otis
William Omar Tobar	...	Beat Boxer
Ivan 'Flipz' Velez	...	Street Dancer

Storyline

Honey Danels is a 22-year-old, sexy, tough-minded, part-black, part-Latina hip-hop dancer in New York's East Harlem who dreams of making it big as a music video choreographer. She teaches hip-hop dancing at a local youth center and encourages the local kids to attend to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. When luck shines on Honey in the form of a famous music video director, named Michael, who casts her in one music video, she's encouraged to make the transition from dancer to choreographer. But Honey's sudden success comes with a price when Michael refuses to take "no" for an answer to his sexual advances and then tries to sabotage her career by blackballing her out of the business.

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Plot Keywords:

dancer | choreographer | dancing | hip hop | dance | 

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Taglines:

Her dream. Her terms.

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for drug content and some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

UIP [France] Universal.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Honey - No Ritmo dos Seus Sonhos

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,372 (Sweden) (25 June 2004)

Gross:

$1,360,300 (France) (25 June 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, NuAmerica Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmmakers originally wanted Jennifer Beals to play the banker.

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Goofs

During her welcome speech at the Benefit dance, Honey's gold necklace constantly changes from over her blouse to under to back on top of it again.

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Quotes

Honey: Oh, I forgot. I'm suppose to see all the beautiful things in this world.
Ma: Well, there's nothing wrong with my wanting that for you.
Honey: No, but what about what I want?

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Connections

Referenced in Parks and Recreation: Are You Better Off? (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Body Talk"
Written by Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins, Kenneth Pratt
Produced by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild.com
Performed by K Young

User Reviews

Watchable for fans of the genre

Pros:

• Jessica Alba is likeable



• The Dancing is good and frequent



• Missy Elliott, Tweet and other hip hop stars can be seen in cameo

roles.

• It never gets too slow or too boring

Cons:

• The characters don't feel realistic in certain situations



• ...that goes for the plot too. For example, peolpe seem to know a dance

routine by looking at it once.

• The plot is unoriginal, you know where "Honey" is heading.

Summary: "Honey" is a likeable film, but you have to enjoy listening to hip hop and watch people dance.