Irishchatter
Just because well known celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicolas Cage or James Caan are together in this movie, doesn't mean it's that good. I thought it was quite slow to be honest..Yes it's set in Las Vegas and it's meant to be over the top but, it just didn't get me into it enough. Now, I don't know why I feel this way about the movie but, it just didn't flatter me. I really thought Cages and Parkers relationship was a bit too much, even if they were playing as a couple. It might be better off if it was at the end that they were really a good couple together. I really thought they should have dressed better for their wedding, the costumes didn't suit the end scene where they were about to get married!I had to skip some of the boring scene's and I just found out after the end of the movie, that Bruno Mars was in this as Little 5 year old Elvis. I was totally shocked, he looked so cute as a 5 year old! He probably was 7 or 8 when I was born in 94! He was so adorable as a kid seriously, he's still good looking today! I was disappointed that this movie wasn't my cup of tea. Even if it's one of the Elvis inspired ones to watch since I do like Presley tributes in movies!
Alex Howland
Released five years after the Coen brothers' brilliant 'Raising Arizona' I had high hopes for this offering from a very talented young Cage and the screenwriter (and director in this feature) who was essentially responsible for the phenomenon that was Blazing Saddles. Unfortunately though, Andrew Bergman seems to have been succumbing to the inevitable gravity of a rather slippery slope ever since that success (as the role of producer on the horrendous Striptease will attest) and this film certainly falls short of what it might have promised on paper.Although the script is rather laboured and clunky there are some genuine moments of comedy, a few one-liners that you will be repeating to your friends for a couple of weeks after seeing the movie and a pretty original climax involving a troupe of sky diving Elvis impersonators and a rather miffed James Caan.Although I would agree with a lot of the other reviews that the soundtrack is excellent and even Sarah Jessica Parker puts in a good performance if you're going to see a Sin City based movie starring Nicholas Cage make it 'Leaving
' and not 'Honeymoon in'. A solid five out of ten, not unwatchable, but far short of a classic.
Rodrigo Amaro
This was what "Indecent Proposal" wasn't and couldn't be: a watchable movie dealing with a unusual situation and make fun of it. Instead of a boring melodrama as Lyne film was "Honeymoon in Vegas" (awkward title considering that the main characters weren't married yet) is a funny and entertaining story.The movie tells the story of Jack (Nicolas Cage) a detective afraid of commitment after a promise he made to his mother (Anne Bancroft) on her deathbed: never marry. He's dating a beautiful woman (Sarah Jessica Parker) who wants to get involved in a serious relationship, wants to raise a family and what these two are gonna do? They make a trip to Vegas to marry but he gets involved in a poker gambling with a gangster (James Caan, he's a master in creating these types of role), loses a large amount of money (which he doesn't have). The gangster makes a strange proposition to Jack: he doesn't need to pay his debt but instead he wants to spend a weekend with Jack's girl. From this point the movie enters in typical and clichéd comical situations and some funny and original moments (like all the Elvis Presley impersonators that appears countless times).The trio of actors is very good, Cage and Caan offer great funny moments; Pat Morita playing a taxi driver that impeaches Cage of trying to reach his destiny is incredibly funny and has some of the greatest lines in the film. It is a good film, enjoyable for the most part but it hardly takes off from being a great movie. But director Andrew Bergman knew how to take advantage of a strange situation and show to viewers its comical aspects, and this was a huge deal considering that in the following year a disappointing film appeared using the same strategy and turning into a annoying drama that needed so few to really be a good film. And this little gem succeed it. 6/10
FlashCallahan
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend.They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.Suddenly the man is insanely jealous, and pursues his fiancée and her rich companion, but finds pitfalls in his path as the gambler tries to delay his interference...it's hard to believe that a year after this movie came out. Adrian Lyne gave the story a little spin, made it into a drama and had a major hit with Indecent proposal. This features a maniacal Cage, who isn't dissimilar to Chandler in friends with his body language, and gives the film a much needed injection of life into the sometimes lethargic movie.It's nowhere near as funny as when i saw the movie nearly seventeen years ago, but it still has it's moments. Caan can do this role walking in his sleep, and i feel that he only really did this for the money. Parker does best with the little material she is given, and while the film isn't really laugh out loud funny, it still has the odd moments, such a the character who is convinced his wife is having an affair with Mike Tyson.it's not really going to be remembered in Cages resume, apart from the fact it was one of his three 'sunshine movies', and the ending is predictable.But it's still a lot of fun to watch Cage and his amazing eyebrows
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