Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

SnoopyStyle Jack Singer (Nicolas Cage) is a private investigator dealing with many broken relationships. He promised his mother on her deathbed never to get married. His 2nd grade teacher girlfriend Betsy Nolan (Sarah Jessica Parker) pressures him into marrying her. They go to Vegas where she catches the eye of hard gambler Tommy Korman (James Caan). She reminds him of his wife Donna. Tommy wins $65k from Jack in a rigged poker game. Tommy gets Donna to spend a weekend in exchange for erasing the debt.This is all Jack's fault. Tommy is a shark but Jack is the one who took Tommy's money instead of walking away. It would be better for the story if both Jack and Betsy are at the game. Also it would be better if Jack borrows the money only after getting the hand. After the setup, the chase has a few fun moments. A manic Cage is always interesting. Caan is terrific as a tough guy. The start is a little wonky but Sarah Jessica Parker yelling that he made her into a whore is pretty funny. There are some sporadic laughs.

mike48128 Neither Nicolas Cage or James Caan are comedians, and it shows. Nicolas does his best, but he sort of comes off as the guy who buys the Las Vegas Timeshare. A real sucker! Caan does his best comic gangster and comes off as a kind of Jekyll and Hyde persona both charming and dangerous. Nice supporting cast of Sarah Jessica-Parker and others including Pat Morita, who has a very small part. Look for "Bruno Mars" as Bruno Hernandez, a pint-sized "Elvis", and he's good! The plot: The poker game is rigged so Caan can steal Nick's girl. Nick now owes $65,000 which he cannot pay. Caan will cancel this huge debt for a weekend with Sarah, who looks incredible. Enjoyable mostly for the old scenery of the Vegas Strip. quite different in 1992. Bally's inside looks exactly the same. (Many shameless plugs for the casino, just like in "Vegas Vacation".) Harrah's had their old "Showboat" theme in 1992. Also note "The Dunes" Casino and other old "Strip" properties. Caan takes Sarah to Hawaii to his beautiful estate there, of course. (Filmed on location.) The plot is dragged-down by Caan's constant references to his first wife (Sarah is a "dead ringer") who died of skin cancer at age 46, from obsessive sunbathing. The Flying Elvis are amazing and totally save the film, as Nick sky dives in "to save the day". The ending is "pure Elvis" with a "Little Chapel" Elvis wedding!

Doctor_Mongoose Honeymoon in Vegas is a charming little romantic comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, which sees him working with Nicolas Cage for the first time. Two years later would seem them collaborate once more with "It Could Happen To You", a film that is equally as funny and equally as under-appreciated. The pair work really well together as Bergman's style of comedy utilises what makes Cage such a good actor, his ability to portray anxiety in a way that makes you laugh and yet still be fully sympathetic with his plight.In a pretty high concept plot, Cage plays a private detective, haunted with dreams of his dead mother, who is in a long term relationship with a teacher played by Sarah Jessica Parker but is afraid to tie the knot. Relationship troubles persuade Cage to take the plunge, deciding to head off to Vegas to get married as fast as possible before he is able to change his mind. The comedy really kicks in when James Caan's character, a wealthy professional gambler, spots Cage's fiancée and decides to pursue her himself using the most underhand of tactics as she looks similar to his recently deceased wife.Granted, the premise might not be the most edgy or original of ones but it consistently manages to serve up some really funny moments. Towards the end it starts to slightly go off the boil with James Caan's character seeming to change in a way that seems geared to reach a resolution rather than unfold naturally. This problem only really briefly manifests itself in places throughout the last fifteen minutes of the film, but can't really detract from the heartwarming climax involving a planeload of skydiving Elvises.If you are looking for a goofy comedy to watch that you don't need to think about a great deal then you'll not do much better than Honeymoon in Vegas. If you are still not convinced then watch it because Sarah Jessica Parker spends a lot of the time scantily clad, and this is before she looked like some genetic engineering atrocity where the DNA of a horse was spliced with a prune.

ccthemovieman-1 This was supposed to be a great comedy, but I didn't find a man losing his wife in a poker game to be something to laugh about, nor did I find it cool that the woman would have a fling with the gambler who "won" her. All of that is supposed to be "hilarious," to all the mainline film critics. Well, I guess that's just another of the thousands of examples of how sick film people are, on both sides of the camera. The lower the values, the more they like it, and vice-versa.And while your at it, Hollywood: stop with all the Elvis imitations. That's getting tiresome, especially in Vegas. So was Nicolas Cage's constant yelling in here. This movie will give you a headache in addition to making you nauseous. This is one honeymoon you want to skip.