The Honeymooners (2005)

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.

Director:

John Schultz

Writers:

Danny Jacobson, David Sheffield

Stars:

Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Mom
Ajay Naidu	...	Vivek
Arnell Powell	...	DJ Suckaslam
Leticia Castillo	...	Young Mother
Chuy Bravo	...	Grocer
Doreen Keogh	...	Miss Celestine
Camille Donegan	...	Lissa
Joanna Dickens	...	Bus Stop Woman

Storyline

New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his feisty wife Alice, struggle to make ends meet. Despite Ralph's many get-rich-quick schemes/motivational speaker tape series, they've managed to save some money and, along with their best friends Ed and Trixie Norton, they seem to have almost enough money for a down payment on a Brooklyn duplex. However, when Ralph decides to try to impress Alice by making up what he's lost and augmenting their savings with another of his crazy schemes, he winds up losing all their money and his marriage to boot--and it takes all his determination and love for Alice to get things on track again.

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Plot Keywords:

money | friend | scheme | get rich quick | bus | 

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Taglines:

Dream big. Scheme bigger.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some innuendo and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Paramount Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Casados com o Azar

Filming Locations:

The Sally Gap, Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow, Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,538,835, 12 June 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$12,834,056, 7 August 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,Deep River Productions,MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production GmbH & Co. Project KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Regina Hall and Gabrielle Union would later go on to star in Think Like a Man (2012) and Think Like a Man Too (2014).

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Goofs

When Ed is tightening the pipe connection to stop the leak, he is actually turning the wrench in the wrong direction and loosening the fastener.

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Quotes

Ralph Kramden: Ah ah ah ah ah! Take the wife, leave the french toast!

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Crazy Credits

A blooper reel plays alongside the rolling credits.

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Connections

References The Jeffersons (1975)

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Soundtracks

Seconds of Pleasure
Written and Performed by Van Hunt
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

absolute garbage

I may be a little biased in my opinion mainly for the fact that I never cared for the old T.V. show, but this movie looked bad from the first time they began advertising it. I was forced to watch this crap by some friends, who after the movie, had to walk home. This movie doesn't really deserve a rating at all, maybe a .000001 out of 10. If you are going to do a movie based on an old show (which is apparently Hollywoods next big thing; Honeymooners, Dukes of Hazard, Bewitched) at least use actors that resemble the old T.V players. They turned a redneck T.V. show into a Ghetto Thugs ream. That's like the KKK and the Black Panthers going to a rally together, it just doesn't work out. All I'm saying is don't remake T.V. shows into movies, because its plain and simply one of the worst movie ideas ever. That's why they were T.V. shows to begin with.