Honeymoon Limited: A weird little road trip that takes forever

Is it worth your time?

Look, if you’re into dusty, old-school adventure movies where the plot is mostly just people walking and bumping into strangers, you might dig Honeymoon Limited. It’s definitely not for anyone who needs tight pacing or a story that actually makes sense. If you hate movies where the 'romance' feels like an afterthought written on a napkin, stay far away.

The whole premise is this goofy bet between a publisher and an author. Walk from New York to San Francisco? Sure, why not. People in these older films always seem to have nothing better to do than walk across the entire continent.

Walking and talking

The middle part of the movie is just a long, long stretch of nothingness. Our lead author meets the publisher’s grandkids, and for a second, I thought this was going to be a family flick. Then suddenly, these two ex-convicts pop up looking for loot. It feels like two different scripts got stapled together by accident.

There is this one scene where they are just standing in a field talking about the book, and the background looks so fake you could poke your finger through it. Classic.

The vibe

It’s got that weird, jerky rhythm that makes you feel like you're watching a dream that keeps changing its mind. Sometimes it’s trying to be funny with these ex-cons, but they mostly just look confused. It reminds me a bit of the chaotic energy in Seven Keys to Baldpate, but with way less charm and a lot more walking.

The cast is fine, I guess. Neil Hamilton tries his best to look like an adventurer, but he mostly just looks like a guy who’s really tired of his shoes. I found myself staring at the background extras more than the main actors. At one point, someone in the back is doing something totally unrelated to the scene, and the editor clearly didn't care.

Random notes:

• The dialogue is mostly people stating the obvious.
• I’m still not sure what happened to the stolen loot.
• The transition between New York and the road happens in about three seconds.
• It feels like it was filmed in a backyard somewhere in California.

Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it charming in a 'what on earth is happening' kind of way? Yeah, maybe a little. It’s the kind of thing you watch when you’re bored on a Tuesday and just want to see people from 1935 try to act like they’re having the time of their lives on a hike. 🚶‍♂️