Honey (film) 537200 224626606 2008-07-09T18:41:37Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[simple:Honey (film)]] {{Refimprove|date=May 2008}} {{Infobox_Film |name = Honey |image = Honey 2003 movie poster.jpg |writer = [[Alonzo Brown]],<br>[[Kim Watson]] |starring = [[Jessica Alba]],<br>[[Lil' Romeo (rapper)|Lil' Romeo]],<br>[[Mekhi Phifer]],<br>[[David Moscow]],<br>[[Zachary Williams]] |director = [[Bille Woodruff]] |producer = [[Nicole Brown]],<br>[[Andre Harrell]],<br>[[Billy Higgins]],<br>[[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 in film|2003]] [[motion picture]] released by [[Universal Pictures]]. Featuring music produced by [[Rodney Jerkins]], the film stars [[Jessica Alba]], [[Mekhi Phifer]], [[Lil' Romeo (rapper)|Lil' Romeo]], [[Joy Bryant]], [[Missy Elliott]] and [[David Moscow]]. A number of popular [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[R&B]] musicians make cameos in the film, including Jerkins, [[Jadakiss]] and [[Sheek Louch]] of [[The Lox]], [[Tweet (singer)|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 passing. 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 take advantage of 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.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/honey/ Honey on Rotten Tomatoes]</ref> ==Soundtrack== # "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|Roc-a-Fella Crew]] # "Ooh Wee" - [[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Ghostface Killah]] and [[Saigon]] # "It's A Party" [[Tamia]] # "Thugman" - [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] # "Now Ride" - [[Fabolous]] # "J-A-D-A" - [[The Lox|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 [[Australia]]n Top 40. ==Trivia== {{trivia|date=February 2008}} * 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== {{Reflist}} ==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] * {{imdb title|id=0322589|title=Honey}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|id=honey|title=Honey}} * {{mojo title|id=honey|title=Honey}} [[Category:2003 films]] [[Category:Dancing films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films shot in Toronto]] [[Category:Musical films]] [[Category:Universal Pictures films]] [[de:Honey]] [[fa:هانی (فیلم)]] [[fr:Honey (film, 2003)]] [[it:Honey]] [[lt:Brangioji Hani (filmas)]] [[nl:Honey]] [[no:Honey]] [[pl:Honey]] [[simple:Honey (film)]] [[fi:Honey (elokuva)]] [[sv:Honey (film)]]