TonyMontana96 (Originally reviewed: 10/03/2017) All I wanted was a fun comedy, with some decent laughs and a good enough pace, this film delivers upon what I was hoping for. Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker have chemistry and both give good performances, as well as James Caan who play's this high up gambler with plenty of important associates who sees Cage's fiancée and must have her, but seeing him try and woo a woman who had no love for him in the slightest was always going to end up predictable by the end, and it goes according to formula, but at least it's entertaining. The first half is amusing at best, and the jokes really are hit and miss, but there's plenty of energy from the cast and lots of personality among the character's which is at least reassuring and has watchable direction from Andrew Bergman. The picture hasn't aged that well, it looks slightly dated and the middle act isn't all that interesting but the third act makes up for it, with a tremendously entertaining skydive, where Cage's character proves he loves Parker by jumping out of a plane with a bunch of Elvis impersonators that could have ended in disaster, therefore willing to risk his life just to tell her how much he loves her and values her a lot more than he did before the gambling debt; therefore it did him some good; despite Caan's clinging to her, I had no doubt how the film would play out, but I was at least entertained and there's some good writing on display including a good joke where Cage is in a Hawaiian airport and days "I need to get to the states", in which the current airline staff member says "This is a state", jokes like these are amusing and the whole tone of the picture is light-hearted. It's not full on raunchy which I think suited the story rather well; Though we could have done without embarrassing scenes, like Caan grabbing some guy's balls by intimidating him to get him the room he usually has and an opening credit sequence that wasn't too inventive or amusing, but all in all, this is an entertaining comedy, with decent performances, believable romance and a satisfying third act.

Davis P Honeymoon in Vegas is just a bland and pretty boring film. I was hoping for a fun and entertaining film, but honestly it's just not. 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. Nicholas Cage was pretty good here, just not as good here as he has been in other movies. The script for honeymoon in Vegas is really just average, kind of mediocre in my opinion. 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. The comedy in this film is pretty poor, it's not funny as all. I literally never laughed once, not once, and that is a very bad sign for a comedy film, a very bad sign obviously lol. Listen, this movie is just best left alone, pass it on by if by chance you see it on TV or something. Your time is much better spent on higher quality films. 3/10

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!

James Hitchcock 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. Eventually, however, he gives in to Betsy's entreaties and agrees to go back on his promise. The two arrange to get married in Las Vegas, but on arrival in the city another obstacle presents itself. Betsy catches the eye of a wealthy professional gambler named Tommy Korman because she reminds him of his late wife. 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. "Indecent Proposal", however, was intended as a serious drama, whereas "Honeymoon in Vegas" is played for laughs. Moreover, in "Indecent Proposal" the young woman, played by Demi Moore, was expected to sleep with Robert Redford's millionaire; here, Betsy only (reluctantly) agrees to go along with Korman's proposal on a strict "no sex" basis. Nevertheless, during the weekend they spend in Hawaii, Betsy finds herself falling for Korman. Can Jack win her back? With his lanky figure and long, lugubrious-looking face, Nicolas Cage does not really have the looks of a Hollywood leading man, but here he seems admirably suited to the role of Jack, the sort of lovable if eccentric loser who eventually turns out to be a winner, and deservedly so because for all his faults and eccentricities he is basically decent. In the final scene Jack has to make a parachute jump from 3,000 feet with a team of skydiving Elvis impersonators in order to reach Betsy before Korman can marry her. This struck me as a modern, comic take on all those old legends in which a hero or knight-errant has to perform some brave feat in order to win the hand of a fair lady. James Caan's Korman, by contrast, might initially seem affable, but beneath a jovial exterior he has a mean streak a mile wide, a streak which starts to show as soon as anyone crosses him. As they say, lucky at cards, unlucky in love.I was less taken with Sarah Jessica Parker, perhaps because I am so used to her as the hard, brassy Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City" that it was difficult for me to accept her as a softer character like Betsy. One character I could have done with less of was the annoying Pat Morita's Mahi Mahi, Tommy's Hawaiian driver charged with trying to keep Jack away from Tommy and Betsy. Overall, however, "Honeymoon in Vegas" is an agreeable and occasionally amusing, if slight, rom-com. 6/10