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Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Not unwatchable, but far short of a classic!
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.
Honey Moons (2009)
Great film, deals with the post-Balkan conflict themes well!
Overall I thought this film was outstanding, and both the direction and acting excellent. The themes portrayed are at times cliché and border on frustrating but when trying to highlight the inherited problems the latest generation face with "escaping" from their homeland. The story centres around two couples who both seek a change in their lives and instigate this through a move out of Eastern Europe. Despite the focus of the plot line the film tackles a whole host of themes, but mainly the continued prejudice between Albania and Serbia that has continued despite the end to Enver Hodxa's long lasting dictatorship rule.
The well known Nebojsa Milovanovic portrays Marko superbly well and pulls on his previous experience of Balkan based roles with great effectiveness. Although credit has to go to the full cast who invigorate the script with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm which seems to be common in the recent offerings from other Balkan based cinema.