Honeymoon in Vegas

Plot synopsis:
Jack Singer (Cage) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married. Years later, he goes back on his promise and proposes to his girlfriend, Betsy (Parker), and quickly arranges a Las Vegas marriage. They check into the Bally's Hotel.
Before the wedding, however, a wealthy professional gambler, Tommy Korman (Caan), sees Betsy and notices a striking resemblance to his beloved late wife. He arranges a crooked poker game (with Jerry Tarkanian as one of the other players) where Jack borrows $65,000 after being dealt a straight flush (7-8-9-10-Jack of clubs), only to lose to the gambler's higher straight flush (8-9-10-Jack-Queen of hearts); Tommy, however, promises to erase the debt - if he can spend the weekend with Singer's fiancée.
After getting Korman to agree to no sex, the desperate couple agrees. Jack tries desperately to get Betsy back and discovers that Tommy has taken her to Hawaii, where he has a vacation home. The gambler also has a taxi driver friend, Mahi Mahi (Pat Morita), and asks him to keep Jack as far as possible from him and Betsy. Jack discovers this, steals the taxi, and sees Betsy outside the Kauai Club, where he's attacked by Tommy and arrested. After Dr. Molar bails Jack out of jail, Mahi Mahi meets him outside and admits that Korman left for Vegas with Betsy and has convinced her to marry him. Mahi races Jack to the airport. Betsy decides she cannot go through with the wedding and escapes from Tommy.
Meanwhile, after changing many planes and finding himself stuck in San Jose, Jack tries frantically to find a flight to Vegas. Finally, he finds a group about to depart for Vegas, but, much to his surprise, finds out mid-flight that they are the Utah chapter of the "Flying Elvises" - a skydiving team of Elvis impersonators. Jack now realizes that he will have to skydive from 3,000 feet in order to get to Betsy. Jack eventually is able to overcome his fear and lands and spots Betsy, which then ruins Tommy's plans.
The final scene shows Jack and Betsy getting married in a small Las Vegas chapel with the Flying Elvises as guests, Jack still in his white illuminated jumpsuit and Betsy in her stolen showgirl outfit.

Tags: comedy

Review:
You can't completely negate a movie that involves a desperate man who tries to gain back the love of his fiance by jumping out of a plane dressed like Elvis.
Nicolas Cage is over-the-top as the paranoid Jack, but his overacting works in the context of the film, and he's often very funny.
Like in "Guarding Tess", I think this is where Nicolas Cage is at his best, although this one takes the cake as far as his comedies go.A well-written, well-acted all around, original movie with some truly hilarious moments and enough drama and complexity to make it a solid, worth-your-while experience.James Caan is perfect as the love-stricken gangster, and his object of affection, Sara Jessica Parker, is also great as the fiance who slowly begins to come around to his advances.
Honeymoon in Vegas is a charming little romantic comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, which sees him working with Nicolas Cage for the first time.
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.
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.
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.
Writer/director Andrew Bergman offers a humorous take on romance and the consequences of procrastinating when it comes to commitment, in `Honeymoon In Vegas,' a comedy of love, loyalty, longing and an airplane filled with skydiving Elvis impersonators.
Nicolas Cage stars as Jack Singer, a guy in love but hampered by a promise he may or may not have made to his mother, Bea (Anne Bancroft), on her deathbed, which causes him to drag his heels on the path to the altar.
When he finally manages a breakthrough, he spirits his girl, Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker), off to Las Vegas with the intention of tying the knot once and for all.
With `Honeymoon In Vegas,' Bergman has put together a film that, while not entirely memorable, is good for some laughs (the highlight of which is when Jack must of necessity interact with the flying Elvis impersonators).
It's predictable at first but after a while your not entirely sure how it's going to end because both Nic and Caan start to both become the lead character in the movie and your never too sure who Sarah Jessica Parker is going to end up with in the end.
I like how they mentioned Bally's casino & hotel so many times, but my girlfriend said that the place is no longer open.Cage is a fanatic about getting his girl back when Caan sets him up to lose her in a poker game.
He couldn't see that he was cheated, but then, to top it off, Caan comes up with a solution SO QUICKLY when it comes time for Cage to pay back the money!The movie is not bad!
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'.
Why the reviews have been from "good" to "excellent" on this one is totally beyond me.Nicolas Cage and airhead Sarah Jessica Parker headline this misguided slapstick as a long-standing couple who finally decide to tie the knot after years of hedging on his part.
They head to (where else?) Las Vegas to make it official wherein Cage proceeds to "lose" Parker in a stacked poker game set up by a big time mobster (Jimmy Caan).
I love Sarah Jessica Parker, she is usually great in all her films, and she wasn't bad in this movie, it's just that she simply didn't have a lot to work with in this film.
James Caan was actually pretty spot on in his own role and I thought it was a good casting decision to cast him in Tommys role, but once again nothing all that great to work with I'm afraid.
If you like good movies definitely check this out, I'll be sure to see Cage's next exploration into thrillers with his new film Trespass.
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.
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..
Instead of a boring melodrama as Lyne film was "Honeymoon in Vegas" (awkward title considering that the main characters weren't married yet) is a funny and entertaining story.The movie tells the story of Jack (Nicolas Cage) a detective afraid of commitment after a promise he made to his mother (Anne Bancroft) on her deathbed: never marry.
They make a trip to Vegas to marry but he gets involved in a poker gambling with a gangster (James Caan, he's a master in creating these types of role), loses a large amount of money (which he doesn't have).
From this point the movie enters in typical and clichéd comical situations and some funny and original moments (like all the Elvis Presley impersonators that appears countless times).The trio of actors is very good, Cage and Caan offer great funny moments; Pat Morita playing a taxi driver that impeaches Cage of trying to reach his destiny is incredibly funny and has some of the greatest lines in the film.
This is a fun enough little movie to watch but for a comedy it certainly still isn't quite funny enough.It's a bit of a lacking movie but nevertheless it's still one that flows well with its story and has some good characters in it as well.
When you have a cast with Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Caan and a strong supporting cast as well, you are of course quite blessed as a film-maker.
This movie started out hysterical especially the interaction between Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Suddenly, however, as James Caan's character was introduced, that chemistry faded away for good and would never again be seen in the movie.
The soundtrack is amazing and the closing fifteen minutes start to re-capture the hilarity of the first few scenes, but ultimately there's just too much time allotted to Nicolas Cage screaming and James Caan sweet-talking Parker.
An over confident young man(Nicolas Cage)loses his fiance(Sarah Jessica Parker)in a high stakes poker game with a card shark(James Caan).Saving this film is the swell soundtrack that features the likes of Billy Joel, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt and Amy Grant singing their versions of Elvis Presley tunes.The highlight of the movie is the colorful finale as the "Flying Elvi" scatter the Las Vegas skyline.Also in this over crowded romp are Peter Boyle, Anne Bancroft, Pat Morita and one time UNLV basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian..
Cage plays a man who is afraid of commitment but has brought his fiancé to vegas to marry, loses a lot of money to a bigshot (caan) who is reminded of his deceased wife by seeing cage's girlfriend (Parker).
I thought James Caan was good, and Jessica Parker was decent in the lead.
The lastest movies from Cage were so bad that l've been stayed a foot behind on his picture, although his one makes part of the first phase of his career, the Sin city was a perfect backdrop to a romantic comedy, James Caan portrait a real crook, taking advantage of vitiated card games to get Cage's girlfriend, a dubious and clumsy guy travelled to Hawaii trying to recover his fiancé, funny moments among others elemments ensure some laughts, Sarah still young of his glorious days when was enough sexy, fine entertainment for all ages including Elvis fans!!!Resume:First watch: 1997 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.
Apart from Nic Cage freak outs and a nice 90's film stock, there nothing more to see here (unless you're an Elvis fan) the story gets more and more nonsensical and unforgivable as the movie goes on, I understand it's a road trippy kinda over the top comedy, but even still the reactions of characters that behave like real people but make decisions like imbeciles (SJP) make it an annoying watch.The Bruno Mars cameo was a crazy thing to see; especially it being so long ago.
Also some scenes in the movie do reach an 8/10 level as stand alone scenes, which end's up making the experience even more sad due to the film not gluing together well at all.James Cann couldn't even save it; as the bad guy supposed murderer who can't even say a cuss word or become violent/realistic in the slightest, due to age rating constrictions.Finally I will say, I can understand how this could be some people's favourite movie of all time, due to nostalgia etc, I have a whole list of bad movies that I've loved since childhood too, and watching this movie as a child I thought I remembered it being better myself, sadly not..
Alter-shy Nicolas Cage, in Las Vegas ostensibly to marry girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker, instead winds up in winner-take-all poker game with wealthy James Caan, a slick gambler who eventually wins the hand of Cage's lady.
This is an intelligently funny movie, and you will not stop laughing, I guarantee it!Cage, James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Pat Morita are all great in it, as this film delivers.*** 1/2 out of ****.
Andrew Bergman's 'Honeymoon in Vegas' is A Good Comedy!
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, in my opinion, is a sweet, funny, and touching comedy about love overcoming all odds for two people to be together.
When Jack (Nicholas Cage) was screaming his girlfriend's (Sarah Jessica Parker) name on the beach in Hawaii.
Now, in conclusion, I strongly recommend this sweet, funny, and touching comedy about love overcoming all odds for two people to be together to all you Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, or James Caan fans who have not seen it..
"Honeymoon in Vegas" tells of a couple (Cage/Parker) who go to Vegas to get married where the groom has to give up his fiancee for a 2 day date with a gambling gangster (Caan) to square a poker game debt.
Cage and parker make an adorable screen couple and James Caan was absolutely great.
It is also peppered with unforgettable funny characters amidst two great settings, one a non stop party(Vegas) and one stunning peaceful island beauty(Hawai).What's also great about this movie is it is actually unpredictable in a few places and I don't say that lightly because there are not a lot of romantic comedies that can do that.
The romantic comedy genre generally deals with the manner in which a young couple overcome an obstacle to their love, and the obstacle which confronts Jack Singer and his girlfriend, Betsy, in "Honeymoon in Vegas" is an unusual one; Jack has sworn to his mother never to marry while she was on her deathbed.
After winning $65,000 from Jack in a crooked poker game, Korman agrees to forgive the debt if Jack will allow him to spend the weekend with Betsy.The situation is somewhat reminiscent of that from another film from the early nineties, "Indecent Proposal", in which a wealthy man offers a young married couple $1,000,000 to spend a night with the wife.
I personally enjoyed watching almost every scene, especially those from the Hawaii island, where the additional presence of young and shining blonde Sarah Jessica Parker makes them seem almost like moments from a breathtaking paradise...There are problems with the storyline however.Film opens with one of the most adorable and classy Hollywood ladies, the Italian beauty, Anne Bankroft in her sixties, playing the mother of Jack (Nicolas Cage) and having her last moments in a hostipal room before asking him to promise not to marry any girls, as none could love him like she did; poor boy.
The trauma persists for long enough time, however, life goes on and Jack finally finds a sweetheart girl named Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) who is gorgeous enough to convince him to get married.Our young and romantic couple, having decided to say "yes" in a few days (asap), arrange a Las Vegas trip for their minimal wedding and check in a nice hotel's charming suite.
The guy who came to Las Vegas to marry his supposedly strongest love, goes to special gambling party, and if this was not enough, loses 64k dollars, and even if this was unconvincing enough, the gambler Tommy in return wants a weekend with his girlfriend Betsy: girl to merry in a few days.
The audience at this point probably gets out of the romantic comedy part and simply looks for the remaining action adventure, pretending that the girl is actually kidnapped by the gambler Tommy and should be saved by her true love Jack; just a thrill.Indeed A.Bergman himself admits this mistake from the voice of Betsy, as she angrily yells at Jack about the exremely annoying situation they are forced into by his oxymoron gambling mistake.
I didn't like "Indecent proposal" as much, this one's better.Jack (Nick Cage) is lucky to have Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker).
The game is pre arranged by Tommy Corman (James Cann) who sees Betsy who looks identical to his late wife (funny comment when Tommy sees Jack and Betsy totally making out in the lobby and says "there's no way they're married").
Basically on her deathbed, mother of Jack Singer (Golden Globe nominated Nicolas Cage) made him promise never to get married, and he still has scars causing problems for his commitment to his girlfriend Betsy Nolan (Sarah Jessica Parker).
He finally gives in to his love for her, and they travel to Las Vegas to tie the knot, but wealthy gambler Tommy Korman (James Caan) has plans to stop them, mainly because Donna looks exactly like a past love of his, Donna (yes, she plays her too).
Parker does best with the little material she is given, and while the film isn't really laugh out loud funny, it still has the odd moments, such a the character who is convinced his wife is having an affair with Mike Tyson.it's not really going to be remembered in Cages resume, apart from the fact it was one of his three 'sunshine movies', and the ending is predictable.But it's still a lot of fun to watch Cage and his amazing eyebrows.
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.
This sets off in motion a great comedy with Cage perplexed about what to do with the promise he made, when he meets Betsy, Sarah Jessica Parker.When the two decide to wed, they fly to Las Vegas where Cage loses his shirt in a card game with gambler James Caan.
James Cann is the bad guy and plays his role straight as the bad guy who sets himself up with Cages newly minted wife(Sarah Jessica Parker) on their honeymoon by taking Cage on a big betin a rigged poker game.The late Pat Morita is the best of a pretty good supporting cast.
Here he is a cab driver in Hawaii who is supposed to keep Cage away from his wife while Tommy Corman (Cann) tries to score with her.The beginning of the film has some good comedy.
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!