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 Isaiah Williams	...	Raymond
Christian Monzon	...	Bar Customer
Al Shearer	...	Bar Customer
Jull Weber	...	Joey
Laurieann Gibson	...	Katrina (as Laurie Ann Gibson)
O'Neal McKnight	...	Katrina's Friend (as O'Neal McNight)
Kevin Duhaney	...	Otis
William Omar Tobar	...	Beat Boxer
Ivan 'Flipz' Velez	...	Street Dancer

Storyline

Honey Daniels 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 | one word title | 

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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:

Cukercek

Filming Locations:

Lower Bay Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,856,040, 7 December 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,222,640, 16 February 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 tagline was changed from "Her Dream, Her Terms" to "Her Dreams, Her Terms".

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Goofs

When Honey and Raymond are out looking for his brother Benny, they see him entering a restaurant and they start to cross the street, but in the next scene he is already eating a big plate of food when they approach him. From the time it took them to cross the street and enter the restaurant, he could not have had the time to order, receive and start eating his food.

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Quotes

Honey: I want you to fire 'em. I want you to tell them why you're not using 'em.
Michael Ellis: What makes you think I care what you want?

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Connections

Referenced in Rock Me, Baby: The Difference Between Men and Women (2003)

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Soundtracks

Ooh-Wee
Written by Bobby Hobb
Performed by Mark Ronson (featuring Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Saigon & Trife Da God (as Trife)
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
Contains a sample of "Scorpio"
As recorded by Dennis Coffey
Licensed courtesy of Avant Garde Enterprises, Inc./Interior Music Corp.

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.