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{{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==
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* 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==
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==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]]
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