Honey

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Matthew D Jessica Alba is very sweet and charming as skilled hip hop dance hopeful Honey Daniels. Director Bille Woodruff’s romantic dance movie Honey (2003) is a total blast from the past. Woodruff’s sincere direction makes each character feel more real and complex, whereas these characters could have easily been one note. I remembered enjoying this upon its release, but I loved revisiting Honey. Jessica Alba is so gorgeous, considerate, cool, chic, sympathetic, and bubbly. Her dancing is actually impressive. She must have practiced a ton to appear professional for Honey. I was hit by a wave of nostalgia seeing the lovely Jessica Alba doing all of these wild dances set to the music of Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Tweet, Ginuwine, Nas, Missy Elliott, and Blaque. The hip hop soundtrack is awesome and aged well. I love writers Alonzo Brown and Kim Watson accomplishing both a loving romance drama storyline as well as an uplifting message for poor communities to stay united for the finale. Honey is a wonderful time capsule of 2000s style from the baggy clothes, flashy brands, bright whites everyone was wearing to the bling era of hip hop and colorful lights in clubs. Honey looks and sounds great with a formidable lead performance from Jessica Alba. Jessica Alba is lively, sexy, cool, sweet, and earnest as hip hop choreographer and dancer Honey Daniels. She’s very nice to the kids and tender with her romantic interest Chaz. Alba carries Honey into being a very likable movie that has you rooting for her to succeed. Mekhi Phifer is very mature, caring, thoughtful, and protective as Alba’s love interest Chaz. I liked that he is just a barber who looks out for Honey. Lil’ Romeo is a blast as the troubled young boy Benny, who might be led astray into becoming a drug dealer. Zachary Isaish Williams is adorable as the sweet little boy Raymond. The way he clings to Alba’s hand when they’re running around looking for Benny was so cute and sad. This poor kid makes you feel terrible for Raymond and Benny’s harrowing home life with a negligent mother and abusive father. Joy Bryant is delightful as Honey’s loyal best friend Gina. Joy is hot and hilarious and brings a lot of energy out of Alba. Jadakiss, Ginuwine, and Missy Elliott get the best acting cameos for me. David Moscow is super sleazy as the hip hop music video director Michael Ellis. Lonette McKee is quite mean as Honey’s awful mother Connie Daniels, but Anthony Sherwood is nicer as her quiet father. Laurie Ann Gibson is so mean and rude as Honey’s main dance rival Katrina. For being Honey’s inspiration in real life, her dancing surprisingly doesn’t compare to Jessica Alba. Luther Brown and Laurieann Gibson’s dance choreography for everyone else is fabulous. The breakdancers in the alleyway are amazing! Editors Emma E. Hickox and Mark Helfrich’s slick cutting make each dance sequence dazzling. Cinematographer John R. Leonetti’s stunning close-up shots and medium shots for the dances are very stylish and fun. Honey is honestly shot very well. The lighting in the purple club and red barbershop look sick by Tom Starnes and Derrick Kolus. Composer Mervyn Warren’s emotional score is nice, but that hip hop soundtrack is just too dope. Costume designer Susan Matheson got the sexiest pants and tops for Jessica Alba to dance in throughout Honey. Sylvain Cournoyer and Kelly Mitchell’s makeup let Alba really glow with radiant looks. Hairstyling by Kelly Mitchell and Melissa Forney is outstanding for everyone. Alba’s long waves and curls look as great as the braids on the guys. Overall, Honey is a wonderful dance movie featuring a phenomenal lead actress performance from Jessica Alba that’s sincere and spellbinding. Her dancing is mesmerizing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Audience Member I loved this movie when I was a teen. It was a must watch at any sleepover. The ratings for movies are well too elitist. It's a movie for teen girls, no one is pretending it isn't. And yet people love to pretend that demographic doesn't exist <3 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review AA A Inner city young adult making HER life succeed. Why don't anyone say that!? I watched in high school. Now, still love it! (2025) Find your passion. Don't let anyone belittle you! Make those contacts to keep funds going. "Get that paper" 😆 Time warp! Jessica Alba does stay true and only booty shorts. It could be worse. Watch those rappers videos back in the day 🤔 When you talk about anything Hip Hop, be sure to check that PG vocabulary at the door. Those who say Jessica wasn't the right cast... Who else could do it better? This movie is based after a choreographer. Lorean Gibbson. You know she had say in who will play her part 💯 I miss movies like this! These made me think I can do more. But you have to find your right family. Or y'all get side track. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Thom N I rated this one a little higher than I thought I should, simply for the sake of being contrary. Yes, it's formulaic; you know within 10 minutes how the whole movie will go. Yes, the 2003 "hip hop slang" is cringey to watch, especially when it's white people saying it. Yes, they used Jessica Alba's racial ambiguity to its fullest extent (Jessica walked so that Ariana Grande could run), and yes this is essentially a factory-fresh white savior film. But was it worth an 18% on RT? Hell no! American Sniper had a 100%, and so does every crappy Marvel movie off the assembly line of cultural hegemony! This film has cute kids, turn-of-the-millenium dance moves, tremendous cinematography/lighting, and a stacked soundtrack - Marvel and American Sniper have none of these things. Several key conflicts in the story are resolved magically with little or no effort, and David Moscow did almost TOO GOOD of a job being a sleazy, gum-chewing culture-vulture. The movie has plenty of cameos and appearances, including Diddy umbrella-handler Farnsworth Bentley and Missy Elliott, who shows that if she wanted to act full-time, she probably could. Altogether, I felt like it was worth watching, and it reminded me that Tweet didn't deserve how we treated her. She got shuffled under the cultural rug in a very short time, and I remember her being in the teen magazines I would read at the grocery store - only for her to be culturally erased. I'll be listening to plenty of Tweet in the upcoming months, you can count on that. Thanks, Honey! P.S. did you know Romeo Miller (this was his second film role) has been in like 60 TV and film projects as othe time of this writing?? Nepo-baby yes, but by no means a slouch. Good on you, Romeo! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Brooke D Favourite movie. 5 star soundtrack, 5 star fashion, 5 star message. Not corny at all. Critics are deluded. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/05/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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