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Review by: Jack Foley | Rating:
One
THE honeymoon period is well and truly over for television remakes
if this unfunny and instantly forgettable update is anything to
go by.
Loosely based on the 1950s series starring Jackie Gleason and
Art Carney, The Honeymooners pretty much stalls from the outset
thanks to a half-hearted script and a plot that goes nowhere very
slowly.
Cedric the Entertainer stars as New York bus driver, Ralph Kramden,
a self-proclaimed man of vision, who is always just one great
idea away from fame and fortune.
Together with bis best friend and neighbour, Ed Norton (Mike
Epps), he attempts to fashion a new life for himself by entering
into get rich quick schemes that almost always leave him poorer
than when he started.
So when his long-suffering wife, Alice (Gabrielle Union) sets
her sights on a more practical goal - buying a duplex for them
to share with Ed and his wife, Trixie (Regina Hall) - it is up
to Ralph to find the money needed to secure their future.
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Failure to do so could spell the
end of their relationship, so Ralph sets about coming up with
the money in the hope of beating Eric Stoltz's smarmy upscale
real-estate agent to the lease.
The ensuing 'comedy' is an extremely drawn-out affair that will
probably test the patience of any viewer in spite of its 89-minute
running time.
For starters, the premise itself is unbelievable, while every
scheme that Ralph enters into feels like its doomed to fail.
The middle section of the film concentrates on their attempts
to train a greyhound which they find abandoned in a dumpster but
aside from introducing John Leguizamo's mildly amusing trainer,
most of the comic potential gets squandered.
Which leaves audiences counting down the minutes to the obvious
feel-good conclusion by way of many a contrived device.
The advice, therefore, is to steer well clear of Cedric's bus
in the first place.
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