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Quite a good ride, but not as good as Elvis!
by Joel (movies profile)
Aug 7, 2005
Some say Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) is a great date film. Whether those people are right or wrong is debatable. All I can say is that it is a good comedy because it is funny and the acting is good. Certainly, Elvis fans will be pleased.
The plot might not be original but the way it is portrayed is interesting. The movie starts with a man named Jack (Nicolas Cage) who is terrified of marriage. He promised his mother on her deathbed that he would never get married. However, he feels like he might lose his delightful partner (Sarah Jessica Parker). Therefore, he suggests that they get married in Vegas. Once they arrive in Vegas, something interesting happens. A professional gambler, named Tommy (James Caan), is astonished to find a great resemblance between his dead wife and Jack’s fiancée. He lures Jack into a poker game in which he loses all his money. However, Tommy does not care about the money. His demand is that he spends the whole weekend with Betsy or Jack’s fiancée.
The plot might seem dumb, but the approach to it is not. Nicolas Cage is one of those actors you either like or dislike. I certainly liked him in this movie. I just love the way he impersonates the desperate guy trying to do what he can in order to get her love one back. In fact, Caan is also very good in this movie. He fits perfectly the role of the desperate men in the other side of the desperation spectrum. They are both desperately in love, but one lives in the past and the other looks toward the future. They are both funny and they make this rather predictable plot and appealing one.
On the other hand, the plot seems to become tedious at the one point where Tommy suddenly realizes he cannot keep Betsy. As a result, Tommy becomes serious and loses his charm and amusing behaviour. At that point, the seems a little tedious. Then again, it does not last very long and we are brought to the climax of the story, which is an excellent scene with skydiving Elvis impersonators. Jack finds himself parachuting into Vegas dressed as Elvis. I will not reveal how he finds himself in that position. It is quite interesting. The end of this movie is the best it has to offer and without it, it would have been an average movie, but director Andrew Bergman finds a good way to finish this movie with an exciting twist.
The movie might not be original or complex. The strength of this film is its coherence and what the screenwriter/director Andrew Bergman achieves with the plot. It does what it sets out to do in the first act and it might as well be a great date film.
This movie deserves B- |
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