Honey (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Honey

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writer = Alonzo Brown,
Kim Watson
starring = Jessica Alba,
Lil' Romeo,
Mekhi Phifer,
David Moscow,
Zachary Williams
director = Bille Woodruff
producer = Nicole Brown,
Andre Harrell,
Billy Higgins,
Marc E. Platt
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = December 5, 2003
runtime = 94 min.
language = English
budget =
music =
awards =
imdb_id = 0322589

"Honey" is a 2003 motion picture released by Universal Pictures. Featuring music produced by Rodney Jerkins, the film stars Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Lil' Romeo, Joy Bryant, Missy Elliott and David Moscow. A number of popular hip hop and R&B musicians make cameos in the film, including Jerkins, Jadakiss and Sheek Louch of The Lox, Tweet, and Ginuwine. Canadian R&B artist Shawn Desman was also featured. R&B and hip-hop singer Aaliyah, a close friend of Missy Elliott, was originally cast as the star of the film before her death.

The film grossed $27 million at the US box office, and was released on DVD and VHS on March 23, 2004.

Plot

Honey wants to be a big time dancer, but she's having trouble making it to the top. But finally she's spotted by big-time producer Michael Ellis, who offers her a job. Honey willingly accepts, and gets started straight away. She's a big hit and even gets a promotion, but soon her boss tries to make sexual advances on her, which Honey declines and loses her job. Meanwhile the community center, where Honey works voluntarily as a hip-hop dance teacher, is falling apart. Soon Honey is forced to find a new dance studio and finds herself in a financial snag because of her previous job loss. She decides to put on a big dance performance to raise money for a studio. It's a hit and Honey opens up her own studio.

Critical response

"Honey" was released to poor reviews. On Yahoo! Movies Critical Response, the average professional critical rating was a C. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film as being "rotten", with only 16% of 105 reviews having favorable responses. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/honey/ Honey on Rotten Tomatoes] ]

oundtrack

# "Hurt Sumthin" - Missy Elliott
# "I'm Good" - Blaque
# "Gimme the Light - Sean Paul
# "React" - Eric Sermon ft. Redman
# "Leave Her Alone - Nate Dogg featuring Roc-a-Fella Crew
# "Ooh Wee" - Mark Ronson featuring Ghostface Killah and Saigon
# "It's A Party" Tamia
# "Thugman" - Tweet
# "Now Ride" - Fabolous
# "J-A-D-A" - Jadakiss and Sheek
# "Think Of You" - Amerie
# "Closer" - Goapele
# "I Believe" - Yolanda Adams

The "Honey" soundtrack peaked at #105 on the The Billboard 200 albums chart, with Blaque's "I'm Good" making it to the rhythmic top 40 and the Australian Top 40.

Trivia

* The club scenes in the film were filmed at The Guvernment club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
* Honey's first job with Mike Ellis as a dancer showed a clip of the Silvercup Studios.
* Aaliyah was the director's first choice for the lead role however the role was given to Alba due to Aaliyah's death.fact|date=February 2008
* Romeo and Zachary Williams did not only both star in this movie together but Zachary also played Romeo's little brother again in his own tv show, Romeo!, which they co-starred together as brothers.

References

External links

* [http://www.honeymovie.com Official Honey website]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808457794&intl=us/ Yahoo Movies "Honey" web page]
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