The Honeymooners
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 10, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
16
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
It honors the tone of that wonderful comedy while setting it in present-day New York City. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie's story actually does work as a story and not simply as a wheezy Hollywood formula. Sometimes you walk into a movie with quiet dread and walk out with quiet delight. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Superfluous though it may be, The Honeymooners is not so bad. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Just funny enough to mollify purists and amuse the uninitiated. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
This harmless but mediocre enterprise was doomed to failure from the start. Hollywood magic can do a lot, but it can't raise the dead. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderStaff (Not credited)
Plays a bit better than it sounds. I miss the show's mangy, minimalist sets, but the slapdash narrative construction and good-hearted schmaltz survive intact. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
The Honeymooners isn't the worst of the endless spate of TV rehashes, but it still feels perfunctory. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Epps has a nicely beaten charm to him -- among the leads, he alone looks like he knows what a trip to the moon costs. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
John Leguizamo steals the show as its sleazy trainer -- not that there's much to steal from John Schultz's joylessly schematic paycheck. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Lunchbox-toting time-waster. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
No less amusing than an average sitcom, but that's certainly not reason enough to buy a ticket. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The movie suffers from a devastating flaw for a comedy: It isn't very funny. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
What's missing is some faith in the audience's intelligence and, more importantly, the jokes. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Cedric is certainly the bright spot in this movie - personable, silly and lovable, with just enough of Gleason's girth, timing and humanity to make you wish he'd driven Ralph Kramden's bus onto the lot of a different movie. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
At least The Honeymooners is not one of those remakes that looks bad compared to the original. It's just bad, period. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
This appalling multiculti upgrade of the ’50s sitcom is about as funny as a bus accident. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
A lackluster affair, devoid of laughs and just about anything else one might construe as entertainment. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
When a performer as sharp as Cedric the Entertainer is reduced to funny fat-guy shtick, you know you're in the presence of grinding mediocrity. Read full review
30
Washington PostTeresa Wiltz
Though Cedric, for all his nimble portliness, is no Gleason, there's plenty of talent to be found here. Too bad it's left to fend for itself against a raging mechanical bull of a script. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
John Schultz's wan, unfunny The Honeymooners is unlikely to tickle devotees of Jackie Gleason's archetypal yuk-fest. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
This one is so bad that even Ed Norton couldn't get this mess to move through the sewer. Read full review
25
USA TodayMike Clark
A pitiful update that saddles poor Cedric the Entertainer with the unenviable task of taking over Jackie Gleason's premier creation, Ralph Kramden. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A bland, dull and only occasionally funny waste of time that will very soon be gathering dust in the remainder bins. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The filmmakers have also advertised that their new movie eliminates the "Pow! Right in the kisser!" threats of spousal abuse that permeated the original series. The question of audience abuse has yet to be addressed. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
It’s a shame when a movie brings together so many underutilized thespians of color – even Ajay Naidu of "Office Space" is in here someplace – and gives them absolutely nothing to do. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It's not as bad as the average Hollywood movie, it's stupendously worse. Read full review
0
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Suffice it to say, there is no comedy, no chemistry, no nothing in this movie. Read full review
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