Honeytrap

2014

1h 33m

Crime

Drama

Romance

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89%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

52%

100+ Ratings

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Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.

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With a captivating lead performance and an all too real situation depicting social decay, Honeytrap is a streamlined, gritty street drama with some hard-to-watch scenes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Seriously screw this movie. She didn't have to do homeboy like that. He actually cared for her. And she chose that fake showboy!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE !!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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the girl was beautiful but she was abandoned by her mom and molested by her grandfather which made her incapable of loving a decent man because we accept the love we think we deserve and her capacity for love was minimized before she knew what love meant. throughout the movie she was abused mentally, emotionally, and physically. she attempted suicide and contemplated it daily. this movie was so sad and complex and I can't even digest it. #shook

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Rebecca Johnson was impressive in the directing of this film. This movie contains so much power as it shows the main character Layla desperately looking to fit in. She helps to paint this picture through abuse and paranoia. Furthermore, it shows her downfall as she constantly succumbs to peer pressure. If you're looking for a captivating movie to watch, you should give this film a shot.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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This movie is one of the BEST movies I have EVER seen.... Left me in tears.... I 100% recommend it.... Please please please go watch it.... You can watch it on Netflix, just search Honeytrap and you'll find it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Jessica Sula

Layla

Lucien Laviscount

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A sensitive, solidly made portrait of neglect and terminal social decay.

Rated: 3/5

May 7, 2015

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Johnson paints a picture of abuse, machismo and paranoia, mixing true-crime, urban-realist melodrama with a photolove nightmare.

Rated: 4/5

May 7, 2015

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

Despite a strong central performance this is undermined somewhat by melodramatic plotting and gauche characterisation.

Rated: 2/5

May 4, 2015

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Craig Williams

CineVue

Honeytrap is a finely crafted picture that may be one of the most recently vital films extolling the virtues and dangers of modern British black girlhood.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 5, 2019

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Writer-director Rebecca Johnson gives a fresh, female perspective on urban gang crime with this debut feature and gets a beguiling lead performance from Skins' actress Sula.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 10, 2016

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Jon Lyus

HeyUGuys

Honeytrap is the outstanding debut feature from director Rebecca Johnson. A coming of age tale with a brutal edge that simply must be seen.

Rated: 4/5

May 14, 2015

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Synopsis

Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.

Director: Rebecca Johnson
Producer: Esther Douglas, Roger Goldby, Laurie Holden, Will Wood, Patrick Fischer
Screenwriter: Rebecca Johnson
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m