Movie Review

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (1992)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Sep 04, 1992

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Rated: PG-13; Genres: Comedy, Romance; With: James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (PG-13) In this sweet-'n'-zany new comedy, Nicolas Cage plays an earnest, mother-whipped nebbish, and Sarah Jessica Parker-who's like Madonna as a Vassar lit major-is his improbably sexy schoolteacher fiancee. In Vegas, they're spotted by gangster James Caan, who tricks Cage into joining a rigged poker game and then offers him a deal: Forget the money you owe me and give me your fiancee for the weekend. There's some funny stuff around the edges, but the movie falls apart when Parker and Caan head off for their weekend in Hawaii, where Parker is made to look like a complete simp. Cage, at least, has a puppyish ardor that's very winning. As for the Flying Elvises, they're so funny we forgot to laugh. C+

Originally posted Sep 04, 1992 Published in issue #134 Sep 04, 1992 Order article reprints

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