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

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

Michael Ellis: Bitch, how you gonna play me like that? Oh. Oh, I see. I see. You're one of those.
Honey: I'm not one of anything. I'm just not up for this.

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Connections

Followed by Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)

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Soundtracks

Ooh Wee
Written by Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins, Kenneth Pratt
Produced by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild.com
Performed by K Young

User Reviews

A film for young, innocent chicks

If you wanna see a hot young beautiful girl shaking her bootie (and not in a vulgar way) go ahead and watch the movie!Jessica alba's character is way to innocent and a bit fake...I mean how can a girl like that , dressed like that could walk alone at night in a neighborhood like that...and what about Michael... how can that person could actually be successful...To me the only two things that are worth watching are the dancers ( a plus for Jessica alba) and the scenes with Missy Elliot!!But anyway it's really frustrating you have to write at least 10 lines...I'm running out of ideas...In conclusion go to the movie if you want because who knows...maybe you would like it.