The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners is a 2003 Irish independent comedy film. It was directed and written by Karl Golden. The film stars Jonathan Byrne and Alex Reid as a jilted groom and waitress who make an unlikely alliance and embark on an unusual adventure in rural County Donegal. Plot Dubliner David (Jonathan Byrne) is left at the altar by his fiancée Fiona, who meets him to calls off the wedding saying she is reluctant to marry him. Returning to the wedding reception alone, he finds out he has been gifted a holiday cottage in Donegal as a wedding present. Meanwhile, Claire (Alex Reid) is getting ready for work on her birthday when her boyfriend Peter cancels their weekend plans so as to spend time with his wife and children, who do not know he is seeing Claire. She leaves on bad terms with him for her waitressing job. Leaving the wedding guests, David takes a bottle of champagne and drives to the airport, intending to go on his honeymoon alone, but gets drunk, missing the flight. Remembering the holiday cottage, he tries to convince a taxi driver to take him there, with no success. At work, Claire throws a drink on a customer and is fired. Her manager refuses to pay her. She attempts to take her wages from the till but is prevented from doing so. On the way to her car, she is approached by David who asks her to drive him to Donegal. She begrudgingly accepts after bargaining a price, including a few hundred euro and his wedding ring.