Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

Simply A Masterpiece

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Just because well known celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicolas Cage or James Caan are together in this movie, doesn't mean it's that good. I thought it was quite slow to be honest..Yes it's set in Las Vegas and it's meant to be over the top but, it just didn't get me into it enough. Now, I don't know why I feel this way about the movie but, it just didn't flatter me. I really thought Cages and Parkers relationship was a bit too much, even if they were playing as a couple. It might be better off if it was at the end that they were really a good couple together. I really thought they should have dressed better for their wedding, the costumes didn't suit the end scene where they were about to get married!I had to skip some of the boring scene's and I just found out after the end of the movie, that Bruno Mars was in this as Little 5 year old Elvis. I was totally shocked, he looked so cute as a 5 year old! He probably was 7 or 8 when I was born in 94! He was so adorable as a kid seriously, he's still good looking today! I was disappointed that this movie wasn't my cup of tea. Even if it's one of the Elvis inspired ones to watch since I do like Presley tributes in movies!

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.

Many a movie has been set in Las Vegas, and Andrew Bergman's "Honeymoon in Vegas" is probably the average kind. I didn't consider it anything special, but also nothing bad. Just an innocuously silly comedy about a man (Nicolas Cage) and his lover (Sarah Jessica Parker) who honeymoon in the noted gambling Mecca, only to have a gangster (James Caan) try to ruin their relationship. Without a doubt the highlight was the skydiving scene. The movie is certainly fun to watch, and I figure that in that great concert hall in the sky, Elvis Presley must smile every time that someone watches it.Also starring Pat Morita, Peter Boyle, Anne Bancroft, Seymour Cassel and Tony Shalhoub.

Honeymoon in Vegas is a comedy.It is by no means a classic comedy,but it has just enough laughs to make it work.As I see it,the film has it's funny moments,but it is more a story of a man torn between the guilt laid on him by his dying mother on her death bed,and the strong undying love for his girlfriend,Betsy.She wants to get married.He loves her and wants to commit,but he is plagued by the fact that his dead mother did not want him to marry,ever.He is also plagued by the fact that he refused to give her that promise just before she passed.He makes a snap decision to take her to Vegas to get married right away.Upon getting there,he hits an unexpected roadblock in the form of James Caan.You will get no more details from me,you will have to see for yourself.It's a fun little movie about love and how far some will go for it.Oh,and Elvis is in it,too.Well,sort of,anyway.Check it out!