As a child I watched Jackie Gleason's variety show, where one of the regular sketches was "The Honeymooners". I later had the opportunity to watch some reruns of the old black-and-white sitcom with its brilliant performances.I had high hopes for this movie, and I wasn't really disappointed. I just enjoyed it for what it was. A silly two hours with commercials with some reasonably talented actors making me laugh with ridiculous situations. But I couldn't help but think that someone out there could have done it better. After all, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows were some of the greatest comic actors ever. No one in this movie even came close.John Leguizamo gives a real standout performance here. If anyone is talented out of this cast, he is. But Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps and Gabrielle Union all give good performances too. It's just that this movie was probably on the same level as Tyler Perry or Martin Lawrence. Fun, but nothing that could be called "The Greatest".The women working? No way Jackie Gleason would let his wife work, remember? Audrey Meadows, however, would have put him in his place if she had ever needed to work. And as I recall, she was too pretty for the role. Gabrielle Union is gorgeous.The storyline with the dog is kind of ridiculous and miraculous. But it made me laugh.The movie's villain is too cartoonish. But I always hoped he wouldn't get that great house and that our heroes would.Don't expect too much, but it's not so bad.

First of all, I'd love to give this movie no stars but since I can't do it, I am giving it one star. And that is being generous, considering how bad this movie is made.I wasn't expecting a good movie, but I can not believe that this movie is even worse than I thought. I have always known that seldom a remake can be as good as the original, but make it at least watchable. The producer seems to make this movie in a very bad way, thinking that as long as it has the same name as the original, people will come and watch it.The beginning of the movie is quite promising, though. It started with the guy's mother-in-law coming to their house for dinner. Actually his wife asked her mummy to come to ask for loan for them to buy a nicer house.Then suddenly the movie seemed to lost its direction. He began to experience many bad lucks but in the end finally got what he wished for. And the way he got it is way to bizarre! Without doubt, one of the worst movie I have ever seen. Pity me for wasting my precious one and a half hour in front of the TV to watch it.

While I was never a huge fan of the original television series, I found myself growing more and more nostalgic for it with each frame of this wretched remake. Having been a fan of Cedric the Entertainer in some of his other venues, I was terribly disappointed that his Ralph Kramden never seemed to have the spark of the original. Gleason, to his credit, always seemed to have the slow burn and the eventual eruption down to a science. The Ed Norton character always seemed the sweetly naive friend with the droll sense of humor-- all of which fails miserably in this remake. I wonder if this film would have been more successful if the studio just jettisoned the original characters and gave us a fresh batch. There was just too much baggage from the original series. (On her worst day, Gabrielle Union would be no match for the sarcastic put-downs of Audrey Meadows.) Watch the original on DVD instead. You'll thank me later.

It was refreshing for me. I've never watched the original honeymooners and so I came into it with an open mind. For what it was, a movie simply to entertain for 90 minutes, it passed with flying colors. That's why I decided to give it 5 stars. It wasn't a top comedy by any means, but it did give me a few laughs and that happy feeling at the end.Also, I have to wonder with all the up-to-date comments like the y2k situation as to whether or not this was meant to be judged as a remake. From what it sounds with the other comments, it doesn't have much in common with the 1955 series, at least as far as the actors personalities go anyway.If it was supposed to be a remake, then I probably should have rated it a single star when compared to the other comments. But rated by itself, I'll stick with my 5 thanks.Watch it if you have an unbiased background (meaning no honeymooners of old), and if you are simply looking for a movie that'll leave you with a laugh or two and a smile when the credits roll.