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{{Infobox film
| name = Honest
| image = Honest FilmPoster.jpeg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[David A. Stewart]]
| writer = [[Dick Clement]] [[Ian La Frenais]] David A. Stewart [[Karen Lee Street]]
| producer = Dick Clement Ian La Frenais
| starring = [[Nicole Appleton]] [[Natalie Appleton]]
| cinematography = David Johnson
| editing = David Martin
| music = David A. Stewart
| studio = Honest Productions Limited Seven Dials Pandora Cinema [[Pathé]]
| distributor = [[Pathé Distribution]]
| released = 26 May 2000
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = United Kingdom France
| language = English
| budget = £3 million
}}
'''''Honest''''' is a [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut of ex-[[Eurythmics]] member [[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]] and starred [[Peter Facinelli]] and three members of the British/Canadian [[girl group]] [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]]: [[Melanie Blatt]] and sisters [[Nicole Appleton|Nicole]] and [[Natalie Appleton]].

''Honest'' has been called one of the [[List of films considered the worst|worst films of all time]].

==Plot==
The plot follows the antics of three gun-toting, streetwise, saucy sisters in [[Swinging London]] in the late 1960s. The film is most notable for the topless scenes by the [[Appleton (music duo)|Appleton sisters]].<ref>[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/top-10-worst-vanity-projects.php "Top 10 Worst Vanity Projects"]</ref> Blatt and the Appletons also contributed to three songs on the [[Honest (soundtrack)|film's soundtrack]].

==Reception==
''Honest'' received unfavourable reviews with one critic remarking, "It is the worst kind of rubbish, the kind that makes you angry you have wasted 105 minutes of your life." [[Peter Bradshaw]] noted ''Honest'' "subscribes to the usual credulous fictions about the charm, glamour and wit of violent criminals, and leaves out these qualities in spades" and added "However silly and implausible, it would be all right if there was the slightest hint of brio or fun in the script, written by comedy giants Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. But there isn't".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/may/26/culture.reviews "Honest"] Peter Bradshaw, ''The Guardian'', 26 May 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2014.</ref> The Scottish ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' went so far as to state that "This turgid tale of Sixties London isn't just bad - it's quite probably the worst film ever"<ref name="dr">"Honest, it's the worst movie ever; All Saints' film debut is holy awful, say critics." ''The Daily Record'', 26 May 2000</ref> and added "And ''Honest'' is being tipped for a slot in Hollywood's hall of shame, ranked alongside duffs like ''[[Waterworld]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]''".<ref name="dr" /> However, the [[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]] gave it 4 stars and called it a "[[cult classic]]" à la ''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]''. The film was screened out of competition at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10533/year/2000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008115617/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10533/year/2000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-08 |title=Festival de Cannes: Honest |access-date=2009-10-17 |work=festival-cannes.com }}</ref>

The low budget (£3 million) film flopped in its opening week in the UK, earning only £111,309 on 220 screens.

British film historian I.Q. Hunter, discussing the issue of "What is the worst British film ever made?", listed ''Honest'' as one of the candidates for that title.<ref>I. Q Hunter, "From Window Cleaner to Potato Man" in ''British Comedy Cinema'', edited by I.Q. Hunter and Laraine Porter. Routledge, 2012. {{ISBN|0415666678}}. (p. 154)</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Nicole Appleton]] - Gerry Chase
* [[Natalie Appleton]] - Mandy Chase
* [[Melanie Blatt]] - Jo Chase
* [[Derek Deadman]] - Night Watchman
* [[Graham Fletcher-Cook]] - Market Trader
* [[Vinny Reed]] - Stills Photographer
* [[Naima Belkhiati]] - Body Painted Girl
* [[Peter Facinelli]] - Daniel Wheaton
* [[Rick Warden]] - Baz
* [[Jonathan Cake]] - Andrew Pryce-Stevens
* [[Willie Ross (actor)|Willie Ross]] - Woodbine
* [[Annette Badland]] - Rose
* [[Corin Redgrave]] - Duggie Ord
* [[Matt Bardock]] - Cedric

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0192126}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|honest}}

{{Clement and La Frenais}}

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