Honey (2003) User Reviews

Watchable for fans of the genre

[Evil_kid · 6/10 · 15 May 2004]

Pros: - Jessica Alba is likeable

• The Dancing is good and frequent

• Missy Elliott, Tweet and other hip hop stars can be seen in cameo roles.

• It never gets too slow or too boring

Cons: - The characters don't feel realistic in certain situations

• ...that goes for the plot too. For example, peolpe seem to know a dance routine by looking at it once.

• The plot is unoriginal, you know where "Honey" is heading.

Summary: "Honey" is a likeable film, but you have to enjoy listening to hip hop and watch people dance.

not that bad...

[pri_e · 6/10 · 3 July 2004]

After reading a lot of the reviews on this board, I thought this movie was going to be really bad however I found that this movie isn't really as terrible as some people have made it out to be. Jessica Alba plays Honey Danies, a hip-hop dance teacher hoping to make it as a choreographer, for someone who didn't have any previous dance experience, she sure does a fantastic job! Mekhi Pfifer is good in his supporting role as the barber with a lot of heart.

This movie is something that has been done many times before so you can't expect an oscar nominated screenplay etc etc. However, its something you can enjoy and if you are into the music or dancing, then this is definitely something for you

a 6/10

Honey

[Lianda-Mc · 5/10 · 23 September 2006]

I thought Honey wasn't that good!! Only because it was soooooo predictable! Due to the dancing i thought it was o.k!! Jessica Alba is a great actress as in 'Sin City' and 'Fantastic 4' i've never seen 'Sin City' but i have seen 'Fantastic 4' which is a great movie! Anyway back to Honey, Jessica Alba is great in this movie. I only seen it once and that was last week it was the first time i had ever seen the film! And i thought OMG (O my god!!) this film is sooooo predictable!! Sorry to any one who thinks it's fantastic!!!! I'd have to say the best part would have to be the ending!!! I love the song!!! And the dancing it superb!!! Thanks to the directer who made this film! The ending was great!!! And the choreography is amazing!!!

It would have been impossible for this or any movie to be as sweet as Jessica Alba, but that doesn't keep it from trying.

[Victor Field · 9 April 2004]

Any comparisons between "Honey" and "Glitter" are probably due to both movies having script-work by Kate Lanier (who, funnily enough, isn't listed on the completed movie)... and, of course, to their having slightly similar plots. Except that "Glitter" is likely to be more of a black mark on Mariah Carey's book than "Honey" is on Jessica Alba's.

This movie about a kind-hearted young woman in New York who uses dancing to help the people in her neighbourhood (the people that she meets when she's walking down the street... sorry, couldn't resist) and who's plucked from a nightclub to become the Paula Abdul of the 21st century - she even has a little mole on her face - is aptly named; it's as sweet-natured as its title character and has little if any benefit on your system, except to slip down nice and easy and leave not very much behind. It's filled with all the realism you'd expect from the producer of "Legally Blonde" and "Josie and the Pussycats," but it's not quite as much fun as either. Part of it is a personal thing (the Rodney Jerkins-executive produced music that permeates the movie isn't my thing, rhythmic though it is), but the thin, originality-challenged scripting and silly dialogue are more of a problem; when our bartender-by-night/dance-teacher-by-day heroine tells a kid "Your flava's hot" it's a little embarrassing, although in fairness "Honey"'s street talk doesn't make you wince as much as some other examples of this kind of thing.

To be honest, the movie pretty much goes in one ear and out the other; there's not a single truly dramatic moment, with the setbacks coming on cue (when Li'l Romeo's character gets arrested it, and many other moments in the movie, plays like a less-than-brilliant After School Special) and the characters are right out of Cliches Central, from the almost saintly title character to the sexually predatory rival dancer. (And note to the filmmakers: as anyone who's ever watched MTV, VH-1 et al will confirm, music videos don't credit the choreographer on screen... regardless of what the one that plays next to the movie's end credits might say.)

But it's impossible to really hate "Honey"; the movie's too harmless and good-tempered for anyone to get into a hissyfit over its drawbacks, and though the R&B-flavoured cameos mean a lot of people who see this movie will probably be going "Who's this Tweet person?" Missy Elliott is genuinely funny in her very brief scenes. The dancing's also good, which is one of the main reasons to go and see movies like this; and though it doesn't actually seem to have anything like a narrative drive (it just seems to end instead of climax), there have been worse movies from music video directors, e.g. almost anything directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Oh yes, Jessica. She doesn't quite seem like the streetwise type, but she isn't supposed to be; she looks the part and comes off reasonably well, as well as having the edge over Jennifer Beals in "Flashdance" in that she actually does most of her own dancing. This isn't really the best vehicle for her, to be honest, but Jessica's an undeniable charmer on screen, and far too sexy for this or anything she's been in (with the arguable exception of "Paranoid") to be an unbearable experience. All she has to do is improve her choice of scripts...

Oh, are you fo' real?

[Smells_Like_Cheese · 2/10 · 1 February 2008]

I got a three pack on a DVD at Wal Mart for ten dollars a few weeks ago and Honey was on the cover, never saw the movie, wasn't really interested when it came out, but I figured why not see it for ten dollars? Sounds silly, but who knows? Sometimes you find little treasures here and there that are cheap, plus, I remember that this was the film that really introduced Jessica Alba to the movie business industry. Of course, she's really huge now, and judging from this film, Honey that I watched last night, I have to say other than her looks, I am surprised she made it this far. I don't mean to sound horrible on the film or anything, but this just seemed like a giant rap video for me and the plot was way too average and predictable with some cheesy street slang.

Honey Daniels has three jobs: a bartender, a sales girl at a CD store, and also a dance teacher at her mom's little business to keep kids off the street. But more than anything, Honey wants to be a music video back up dancer. Her wishes come true when a director, Michael, welcomes her to the dance floor and makes her a choreographer. All her dreams are coming true, until she realizes that she forgets the more important things in life that mean so much to her. She eventually wants to open a club of her own to help out the neighborhood kids.

Honey has the typical street slang which I didn't find attractive, you just can't take it seriously. Alba, she's such a pretty girl, BUT, I'm very sorry, the girl cannot act, I didn't feel an ounce of sympathy or compassion for her character, she played off as this naive little thing, when she could have played it more smart and strong. Not to mention what was the whole Missy Elliot dialog? "What is this? This? This? Ugh? Ugh?"... it was supposed to be funny, but Missy comes off flat. Mekhi should have had more screen time, the guy is the only one with talent in the film. The dance moves are good, but I just wish they wouldn't have made this into a giant rap video.

2/10

Surprisingly Watchable

[Robert_duder · 7/10 · 9 June 2005]

Honey was a film I hadn't heard much about. A few people had mentioned it if only as a passing Jessica Alba conversation. It took me some time to actually sit down and watch it but I was pleasantly surprised. I admit I am not a fan of hip hop music which was a big reason I hadn't bothered to see it.

Honey is the story of dancer and nighttime bartender Honey Daniels. She dreams of making it big in the world of dancing and she has the moves but hasn't been discovered yet. By chance she is noticed by big time music video director Michael Ellis who launches her career by putting her front and center in some of the biggest music videos in the industry. As her fame grows she loses touch with some of the things most important to her, her neighborhood, her best friend, the kids she used to teach dance too. She tries to juggle both but it becomes a challenge. Ellis introduces her into choreography and she begins to write the dance moves and further her fame. Finally she finds a balance when she realizes she might be able to help get some of her neighborhood kids off the street by putting them in music videos. Unfortunately she quickly discovers Michael Ellis never wanted her for anything more than sex and he fires her when she doesn't give it up and on top of that blacklists her in the industry so no one will work with her. She returns to her neighborhood where she discovers the drop in center where she taught dance has closed and now she desperately wants to open up a dance studio where the kids can dance and have fun safely off the streets. In order to raise the money to buy the space for the dancer center Honey organizes a huge dance show with the kids performing. With the help from her neighborhood and the kids she will succeed in all her dreams.

Any hip hop fan will appreciate this film from cameos alone. The film is chock full of musical cameos from Missy Elliot to Jadakiss. It's true that plot is a little thin in the film but quite frankly it was much more of a plot than I thought it would be. I had the film pegged as a Flashdance, Save The Last Dance type but it was less about the dancer and more about her love for the kids. It was actually rather uplifting and their final song of the film was very cool and made me smile. I've read some less than favorable reviews on this movie but for me it came as a surprise that it wasn't horrible. The cast is alright but they don't really hold up the movie as much as the story does. Jessica Alba is decent in the lead role, and Lil' Romeo does a great job in his role as Benny, the troubled kid from the streets. It doesn't have a lot of depth but if you enjoy hip hop and want something uplifting, it's worth seeing. 7/10

Predictable

[nilen-51573 · 3/10 · 6 October 2018]

After seeing this movie for 5 min I could predict exactly that was going to happen in it and I was completely correct.

If you're looking for some inspirational light entertainment..

[xmen22 · 7/10 · 15 April 2004]

This is a beautiful little movie that just fun to watch. Okay it's full of clichés, predictable in some places, the dialogs are funky sometimes.

But who cares?

If you have nothing to do on a saturday night and your boyfriend/girlfriend just dumped you this movie will get you right up! You've got good vibes coming from all over this movie.

The dancing scenes are really tight, the casting has been done beautifully especially casting Jessica Alba. God she likes shines of the screen.

Go and see this movie, it's fun...

Oh but there is one thing that I kept noticing. And that was that the movie resembles "Glitter" in so many ways. I see that the scriptwriter Kate Lanier worked on both projects.

A pleasant surprise

[storysplicer · 5/10 · 24 February 2005]

I stumbled on this while channel-surfing and was pleasantly surprised. Many positive messages tucked in to an appealing story acted out by a surpassingly attractive cast: Be true to yourself; follow your dream (but don't sell out); love your neighbor, stay loyal to your friends, your family, and your 'hood. It reminded me of when I saw Krush Groove as a teen and it gave me a window into a whole other world. Except now hip hop is the dominant pop culture and not exotic anymore. But we still rarely get to see positive characters of color with their emotional depth fully explored. Lil Romeo gives an especially nuanced performance.

The star of the show

[jpschapira · 7/10 · 22 October 2005]

Jessica Alba is the star of the show; in this movie and in Hollywood since I don't know when. Her situation is something to detail about. Personally, I look at her and I think she has acted her whole life. Everyone talks about her everyday as if she had decades in the business, but she doesn't. I could say I believe she's done over ten films, when this movie was probably her fifth important role. She did a TV show I never saw for two years, but even before that, her name was on the poster of the movies she appeared in. She is a star by nature, a leading star; and "Honey" is the evidence that proves my statement.

When the film starts, Honey Daniels (Alba) is working at the bar in a disco serving the usual free drinks to her best friend Gina (Joy Briant): "One, please", the friend says, and two guys standing right by her get closer: "Make that three". Honey, with a big smile in her face, tells the guys: "Today is your lucky day", and then Gina interrupts: "Don't get to excited though; she'll not be here much longer…She's gonna make it". So the guys ask how she's gonna make it.

Right away we find out Honey dances; and that she dances awesomely well. If Alba did her own dance moves I don't know for sure, but it always looks like her; in the dance floor, in the videos, in the dance lessons. OK, the film: Honey has a great talent for dancing and she could be a classic ballerina but she prefers to teach hip-hop in a place her mother owns. She goes to auditions, she works hard, and she ultimately gets recognized.

But Alonzo Brown and Kim Watson's story is not about "making it"; it is about the good-hearted people who fight for what they want, don't sell and don't quit. I don't even know if this is a veridical portrait of the hip hop world, but the video shoots seem real and I guess the artists/directors relationships should be how the movie shows them. What I wanted to say is that in the music world, mostly with hip hop (which I consider the easiest market today), when people make it, it goes over their heads, and they leave everything behind.

Although not Honey Daniels; she'll not fall into temptation, and she'll be there for the ones she cares for. It may sound too formulaic, but it's beautiful. Debutant director at the time Bille Woodruff, with previous experience from musical videos, shows us the nice face of his characters' world. Everything is shiny, everyone's happy, everyone's smiling. Yeah, sure some bad things happen, but everything will be ultimately worked out.

Great casting work with the youngsters, especially with Zachary Williams as a little boy, Raymond, who needs someone to watch over him; and Lil' Romeo in a tremendous and talented performance as the teenager Benny, who debates himself about being a gangster or a normal child. This plus Missy Elliott's cameo and Mekhi Phifer in the most charming performance of his career, and the some of the best lines as: "You peoples? Playa, playa, how'd you swing that? I've been trying' to be her peoples for weeks; ain't had no luck".

Not enough? Alba looks gorgeously beautiful in every outfit she wears and her acting skills are way above the film's requirements…She's stunning now and it is only the beginning.

Bad acting -- typical cute feel good movie

[byhc2003 · 4/10 · 15 January 2006]

If you're familiar with any of the following "cute, feel good" 1980's movies/TV shows and like them... Footloose, Flashdance, and similar to TV show... Fame... you'll like this movie. It's like an updated version with rap music & dance moves. The best thing it has going is that Jessica's beautiful. She has a great smile and sexy body and all, but there's little to be desired in her acting ability, at least in this movie or for that matter any of them -- they all seem like they're reading their scripts word for word without any feeling. Additionally, if you like the "cute, feel good" stuff from the 80's then, here's some great feel good quotes... Gina says to Honey "Trust and believe in yourself, like I do." And Chaz tells Honey "You get hired because you've got drive, talent, and love for what you do - that's a gift from God."

Delightful and Enjoyable Feel-Good Movie – A Homage to Hip-Hop and for Those Who Fight for Their Dreams

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 17 September 2005]

In a poor neighborhood, the choreographer Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) works in a record store during the day and as a bartender in a night-club in the night-shift, and teaches dance to teenagers of her community. She dreams to be successful as a video-clip dancer. When she meets the video director Michael Ellis (David Moscow), she believes that her dreams have come true. When Michael discloses his real intentions with her, she decides to struggle for making her dreams really come true.

I have just watched "Honey" because of the name of Jessica Alba in the cast. Fortunately I did not pay attention to the unfair and very underrated IMDb User Rating. "Honey" is indeed a delightful and enjoyable feel-good movie. Certainly it is not a masterpiece, and it will never be indicated for an Oscar, but it is not its intention. "Honey" is, first of all, a great homage to hip-hop, with the participation of many stars such as Tweet, Missy Elliot, Blaque, Jadakiss, Ginuwine among others, and awesome dance choreographs. The story has a good message that everybody must fight to make the dreams come true. The stunning Jessica Alba is wonderful in the role of Honey. The story may be corny for bitter viewers, with most of the characters being nice; horrible, for those who have prejudice against poor people or hip-hop; or great for a viewer that appreciate a great entertainment like me. The music score is fantastic, and the DVD released in Brazil by Universal is outstanding, full of wonderful extras. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Honey – No Ritmo dos Seus Sonhos" ("Honey – In the Rythim of Your Dreams")

not much edge in Alba

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 13 May 2015]

Honey Danels (Jessica Alba) is trying to make it as a dancer in NYC. She's a bartender at a nightclub and teaches hip-hop dancing at a local youth center. Video director Michael Ellis is taken with her dancing. He makes her a star dancer and then a choreographer. Gina (Joy Bryant) is her best friend. Chaz (Mekhi Phifer) is a barber trying to keep the youth center going. When Honey rejects the controlling Michael's advances, he cuts off her career at every turn. Meanwhile she's trying to keep Benny away from the pull of the gangs.

Jessica Alba has the acting chops for this simple dance movie. This is very much a simplistic dance movie. There is limited edge. Alba doesn't have enough street in her. It's nothing new. The dancing from Alba is good but not acrobatic. Although complaining about this movie is like kicking a new born puppy. This movie doesn't have a mean bone in its body and it's perfectly watchable.

Bees make Honey

[curryspice · 1/10 · 28 June 2012]

This movie was on television when I woke up. I think it was on the "Diva" station (this is in Canada). Jessica Alba is an unconvincing music video choreographer. She says a lot of hilarious slang all the time, which sounds like an 8-year-old wrote it. Actually, every word spoken in this film sounds like little kids pretending to be adults. I don't know if Alba is trying to have some sort of Latino vibe going on, but it seems almost offensive.

There was some sort of thing going on about her teaching kids how to dance, and trying to weasel them into a Ginuwine video. Unfortunately, this movie came after his totally awesome jam "Pony", so it was probably something pretty lame.

This movie was so bad. I turned it off early so I could finish eating my eggs (sunny side up!) and toast without barfing.

well-intentioned but silly film

[Buddy-51 · 14 August 2004]

Credit `Honey' with at least having its heart in the right place – even if its brain isn't always so easy to find. The ever sunny and optimistic Honey Daniels holds down two jobs in her increasingly hectic life – a bartender by night and a hip hop dance instructor by day. She has hopes of one day appearing in a music video, a dream that comes true when she catches the eye of a big time producer named Michael Ellis. Not only is Honey a smash in her first video appearance, but Michael immediately hires her as choreographer for one of his projects. As is typical in these strive-and-succeed tales, Honey soon discovers that success is not all that it's cracked up to be when Michael reveals his true colors, setting up conditions for her continued employment that she hadn't quite counted on (in other words, `put out or pull out'). But the always-undaunted Honey is not about to be knocked down that easily. She uses this little setback to start thinking less about herself and more about the street kids whom she sees turning into drug dealers and gangsters right before her rose-colored eyes. Filled with a righteous zeal and determination, she rallies the neighborhood to raise money for a new dance studio that can get the youngsters off the street, channel their energies in a more positive direction, and turn their lives around.

Only the most Scrooge-like curmudgeon could object to the positive, laudatory, pull-yourself-up-by–the-bootstraps message the film is trying to convey, and one would have to be downright inhuman not to feel uplifted by the final dance sequence. But good intentions and noble aspirations do not, in and of themselves, make for a quality film, and `Honey' is a long way from fitting that bill. The movie wants to be taken seriously as a realistic view of urban life but very little of what we see ever rings true, starting with Honey herself who, with her invariably perky demeanor, seems like a cross between Little Mary Sunshine and Mother Teresa in form fitting jeans and matching halter top. Everything that happens to her – from her meteoric rise in the music video world to her purchase of an empty store for her new dance studio to the benefit performance she and her dancers stage to raise the money for the project – all come about way too easily and with virtually no noticeable effort on her part. We never believe for a moment that any of this would happen in this way in the real world. Thus, `Honey' is really little more than an urban fairy tale, fine for children, I suppose, but not of much use for adults with a more pragmatic understanding of how life actually works.

Jessica Alba is no great shakes as an actress, though she has an infectious smile and a bubbly demeanor that work well on screen. But it is Zachary Williams, as the adorable, gap-toothed eight-year-old Raymond, who steals the show. Now that is one hell of an endearing little kid.

Jessica Alba so Freakin' Hot, but the Movie Sucks

[MichaelMargetis · 1/10 · 23 November 2007]

Hehehehe, of all the movies to watch on vacation I watched this one. Tsk, tsk, unquestionably awful. Stupid doesn't even begin to describe this movie. The dialogue, the acting, everything was just absolutely abysmal. The dancing is good, but cmon I don't pay $3 to rent a movie to see some interesting hip-hop moves. The plot is so contrived, none of the characters are believable and the only funny part is when this one biatch gets her hair extensions ripped out by a sassy soul sistah. That had me peeing my pants laughing practically. The only reason it earns 1 star from me is because Jessica Alba is dancing around in tight clothing. What can I say? The girl has a rockin' body. Grade: D-

Honey it's not bad.

[triple8 · 6/10 · 1 August 2005]

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT:

I really didn't think Honey was that bad. As far as sunny predictability, yeah it's all that and then some, but as far as being dreadful it isn't. While Honey may seem to predictable, to contrived, and to by the numbers sunshiny, it isn't a bad way to pass some time though it's by no means a must see.

I did enjoy Jessica Alba's performance as Honey though she seemed almost to good to be true at times. While the movie was clearly designed to be Hollywood feel good in the way it went about things, the movie was at times very much fun to watch as well as being very well paced and interesting despite it's formula feel. I liked it a bit more then Coyote Ugly or even Flashdance in a way. Sometimes it's fun just to watch a relaxing feel good movie-and one thing you know about Honey is that even when negativity is introduced, things wont stay negative for long-not in this movie's world.

There really wouldn't have been a way to make this movie less predictable I don't think, because it's plot almost demands a happy by the book ending. I wouldn't call this a great movie but would give it a 6.5(wish we could rate by .5's here on IMDb). It isn't going to win any awards but there isn't anything that stands out about it to be dreadful and it's a cute, uplifting little movie. This is rated on here a 3 or 4 and that really is a little Harsh. My vote is 6.5.

Decent

[halima-shaline · 5/10 · 24 March 2012]

I have just watched "Honey" because of the name of Jessica Alba in the cast. Fortunately I did not pay attention to the unfair and very underrated IMDb User Rating. "Honey" is indeed a delightful and enjoyable feel-good movie. Certainly it is not a masterpiece, and it will never be indicated for an Oscar, but it is not its intention. "Honey" is, first of all, a great homage to hip-hop, with the participation of many stars such as Tweet, Missy Elliot, Blaque, Jadakiss, Ginuwine among others, and awesome dance choreographs. The story has a good message that everybody must fight to make the dreams come true. The stunning Jessica Alba is wonderful in the role of Honey. The story may be corny for bitter viewers, with most of the characters being nice; horrible, for those who have prejudice against poor people or hip-hop; or great for a viewer that appreciate a great entertainment like me. The music score is fantastic, and the DVD released in Brazil by Universal is outstanding, full of wonderful extras. My vote is eight.

A good watch - Don't take it too seriously

[QueerVamp20 · 6/10 · 26 July 2016]

Although this movie may remind you of other movies - it still is decent on it's own stance - It sends a good message to people - And gives hope for young people on the streets with wasted talent - Honey is about a young woman who gets the chance to become a choreographer for some of the most popular R&B singers - Prior to this she worked in a club as a bartender and also taught Hip Hop at the local community center - Betrayal, lust, hope, fighting for what you believe, and great dancing are the words that come to mind when describing this movie - It's no "Save The Last Dance" but hey - who doesn't like "Honey"!?! - The problem with movies is they are never what you expect - and sometimes exactly what you expect - Don't hold your standards too high because this is no Academy Award winning movie - but it is a little bit of a gem, liked mostly by true movie buffs -

Not Part of the Demographic

[JamesHitchcock · 4/10 · 4 September 2020]

As a middle-aged white Englishman with no interest in hip-hop music I must admit that I am not part of the demographic at which this film was aimed. (I had no idea, for example, that Tweet, Jadakiss and Ginuwine, three performers who appear in it, were actual people rather than fictitious characters, although I had just about heard of Missy Elliott).

The title character Honey Daniels is a New York dance teacher; her mother would like her to teach ballet in a prestigious dance school, but she prefers to teach hip-hop to the local street kids. Her dream is to become a famous hip hop choreographer working with big-name stars. She thinks that her dream has come true when she comes to the attention of Michael Ellis, a successful music director, who is able to find her choreography work with some of the big names in the industry. Unfortunately, Honey and Michael have a falling out- he wants a romantic relationship, she wants a purely professional one because she already has a boyfriend, a local barber. After Honey makes it clear to Michael that she is not interested, he ends their association and does all he can to sabotage her career.

Honey is the daughter of a black father and white mother. (Apart from Michael, who is white, nearly all the other characters are black). I was therefore surprised that she is played by Jessica Alba. (Apparently Beyoncé was the first choice, but she was unavailable). I suspect that today considerations of political correctness and worries about cultural appropriation would prevent the casting of an actress of mixed white and Hispanic ethnicity in the role, but there was evidently less concern about such matters in 2003. The past, even the comparatively recent past, is another country where they do things differently.

The heroine's Christian name is an appropriate one- Alba plays her as ultra-sweet and sugary. It's probably an appropriate title for the film as well, because the plot is almost drowning in sweet, sticky sentimentality, with plenty of irresistibly cute children. The cast put plenty of energy into the numerous song-and-dance numbers, but as I said this sort of music isn't really my thing. Those who like it will doubtless enjoy the film more than I did. 4/10

Despite what critics said, just give the film a chance.

[dic_r · 7/10 · 10 January 2005]

Yeah, I know that the film was "formulaic," "stupid," & "just plain garbage," but just give the film a chance. It was not as nearly as awful as "Glitter" was. Jessica Alba is just way too beautiful that you cannot take your eyes off her. Your eyes almost literally become glued and fixated on her. So... just go along for the ride and have a good time. Don't take it too seriously like "Lost In Translation," "Mystic River," or "City Of God." The film may contain abundant cliché elements to it, but once it gets going, the beat gets stuck in your head and you cannot get it out of your head. Casting for a particular movie, whatever genre, makes a huge difference and definitely a determining factor of the outcome of the film's success. The film may be considered a "mixed bag" in general, but it was a huge vehicle for Jessica Alba. Just take this film for what it is and have an open attitude for it. The film may be easily forgotten, but Jessica Alba would not have "Sin City" or "Fantastic Four" without this film, which is single-handedly responsible for getting Jessica out of the two year hiatus after "Dark Angel." And I know that people are going to launch of barrage of criticism telling me otherwise, but you have to admit, Jessica Alba's an excellent dancer, isn't she?

You call that a movie?

[Jason_the_psycho · 3/10 · 20 September 2006]

This is just dumb. If Jessica Alba and Li'l Romeo (and other guests) didn't star in this thing, I would have never watched it. I mean I don't really hate her, in fact I'm 1 of her fans but this movie is just a movie that suck.

Why is this dumb? SImple. It's because the storyline is so gay that I can't even dare to think about it again. The script is written by a bunch of people who wants to make this film a li'l bit more 'hip-hop' looking (actually not). This thing actually make me laugh! I wonder how can somebody write things like that. Yea, I do! But I will never write these things for a movie. However, the OST is really remarkable. It includes Nate Dogg, Jadakiss, Sheek and rappers like that. This point gains 2 marks for this fruity movie.

OK. We have 2 points, but how about the lst point? The dance moves. The dance moves are simply the coolest dance moves ever. They're way coooooooooooooooooooler than those in that movie with Omarion in it (the one about a dance crew called li'l saints). They are also hot too.

But it still sucks.

Don't pay out Honey!

[thickbrick268 · 10/10 · 24 March 2005]

I thought it was a great movie with a good storyline about a girl with a dream of making it big, helping out those who can't have that life. Yes, a little predictable at times, but the thought was there. The movie faced a lot of issues, from drug use and dealing to just generally believing in your dreams and no movie is complete without the fairytale love story. The dancing was awesome and Jessica Alba was amazing as Honey Daniels. People will give up their dreams if things don't turn out the way they wanted them to, but Honey stuck by hers and accomplished something she'd always wanted to. I think she is an inspiration for many.

I Loved the ending Song

[twista_fuzz8 · 6/10 · 2 September 2005]

Well, the movie itself was good...nothing special...but it was good, i didn't really like all the people in the neighbourhood's over-exaggerated language, it made the movie less realistic. However i think Jessica Alba is fantastic, she gave 4 out of the 6 points i gave it...she brang the movie to life, had it been any other actress it would've got a 2...because the script was un-realistic, and so is the story, "a girl from a bad neighbourhood get's suddenly picked out of a huge crowd for some un-known reason...all she did was one routine and suddenly she's a mega-star, there was loads of other girls in the club with 'flava', as the script writer might say. However, i can't get enough of the movie, simply because of the ending scene...the dancing was excellent and the song to go with it is a mind-blowing combination...it gives me goose-pimples whenever i watch it, it is "I Believe" by YOLANDA EVANS, absolutely amazing dances and it was excellent...Well Done Jessica Alba, she made this movie for me!

A film for young, innocent chicks

[t3quill4_rulz · 5/10 · 22 May 2005]

If you wanna see a hot young beautiful girl shaking her bootie (and not in a vulgar way) go ahead and watch the movie!Jessica alba's character is way to innocent and a bit fake...I mean how can a girl like that , dressed like that could walk alone at night in a neighborhood like that...and what about Michael... how can that person could actually be successful...To me the only two things that are worth watching are the dancers ( a plus for Jessica alba) and the scenes with Missy Elliot!!But anyway it's really frustrating you have to write at least 10 lines...I'm running out of ideas...In conclusion go to the movie if you want because who knows...maybe you would like it.