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Play trailer Poster for Honey PG-13 Released Dec 5, 2003 1h 34m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director (David Moscow) who casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
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An attractive Jessica Alba and energetic dance numbers provide some lift to this corny and formulaic movie.

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Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Rated: 5/5 Jul 15, 2011 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Honey is just dumb but teens love it. Rated: 1/5 Dec 24, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Guylaine Cadorette Hollywood.com Rated: 3/5 Nov 20, 2008 Full Review Garth Franklin Dark Horizons Oooh boy, whoever greenlit this baby is going to have some explaining to do. Rated: 1.5/5 Apr 2, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Alba's quite easy on the eye, and admittedly, a bit of a star in the making. Rated: 3/5 Jun 5, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 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 out of 5 stars 01/05/25 Full Review Ciaran S Honey is a decently good movie with some old skool jam dancing on top of a strong message. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Ciaran S Honey is a decently good movie with some old skool jam dancing on top of a strong message. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/17/23 Full Review Steve D Not enough to the story. The rest is good. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director (David Moscow) who casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Director
Bille Woodruff
Producer
Marc Platt, Andre Harrell
Screenwriter
Alonzo Brown, Kim Watson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, NuAmerica Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual References|Drug Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 5, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.2M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
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