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After seeing the trailer to Drive Away Dolls, I was expecting a crime caper comedy, but I saw the movie and got something different and not in a good way.

This movie I felt was trying more to shock us then being funny. Had promise but got wasted on lazy storytelling, and two characters who are amusing but then quickly I was feeling smothered by. Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan are talented, and have good chemistry, but the problem is I wish they where better written, Qualley overacts and Viswanathan under acts. Other actors who I will not name come in and do very little here. This movie is a trainwreck.

An Ethan Coen movie and I am a big fan of his earlier work with the Coen Brothers, but I never much liked their farcical comedies and this is yet another one out of that silly comedy genre...

The bad: it's not funny. I did not laugh once. THAT matters (to me), because supposedly this is a "comedy". But humour is quite personal, so perhaps others will be roaring with laughter?

More bad: It's not thrilling WHATSOEVER. Not for one eenie minie minute is it thrilling. THAT I can guarantee you without a doubf!

This looks more like a cheaply produced television or streaming movie than a real feature movie. It lasts only 1 hour and 17 minutes and still I got bored. (A leftover from the Corona era?)

What is it then? It's a (failed) silly "comedy". Without ANY true to life characters (AT ALL). Even in a farce like this the characters have to be sympathetic or at least have something going for them that one can relate to, but none of that. Such a pity...

I am really a big fan of actress Margaret Qualley. She absolutely shined in several other movies lately, but her performance in this movie is just too plain SILLY, SO much so that her SILLY performance really (!) irritated me from the very start. That's no good...

Perhaps only suited for the fans of the earlier (much better) farcical Coen Brother comedies (Brother where art thou for example)? BUT BEWARE: this is nowhere near as good, so you have been warned !!! (3 exlamation marks)

I wanted to like this, really have never seen a Coen movie that wasn't good... until this one. It has some funny moments, no doubt, but they were pretty few and far between.

Possibly some of this flew over my head, as I'm not a member of the lesbian community, but again just not my thing.

I thought the criminals were fairly funny and the two leads had some moments, but I really wish we got more high quality comedies in this day and age. Too few and the ones that get here are usually meh.

If you want a good Coen brothers comedy, checkout burn after reading, it's hilarious. Really wish this was better, but it's way too uneven.

A movie like this relies almost entirely on the charisma and chemistry of the two leads. I suppose either it works for you or it doesn't. Definitely didn't for me, but hey. Although there are moments early on that feel promising, it never quite gets to where you thought it would.

I never thought I'd say this, but the Coen brand of humor ticked up just one notch too far in the "silly" direction with this one. Unfortunately, this made the tender and emotionally targeted parts of the film feel forced and underdeveloped.

In all, it just felt like the marketing and promotion was a bit mismanaged on this movie. It wasn't an "on the run" cat and mouse movie by any means. More of a light hearted, raunchy, cutesy love story.

The only thing going for it is the quick runtime, and even that felt like a slog at times.

3 stars for trying.

I'm shocked! What is with all the negative response to this film? Did people have extreme high expectations or am I missing something?

I had a really fun time watching "Drive Away Dolls". I had no expectations whatsoever going in, all I knew was that it was directed by one of the Coen brothers. So I was pleasantly surprised how easily I was hooked into the story and its characters. It's a stripped back, simple, buddy comedy, with a modern flare to it. I found myself laughing at the jokes, which is a rarity in film for me, and overall just buying the entire wacky concept.

Is this film doing anything mind blowing? No. Is this film meant to be up for awards? No. Is this film going to be redefining cinema? No. It doesn't have to be any of those things, just an overall good, easy film to watch. One that is over in the less the 1 hour 30 mins, which flew by. Could have it been better, of course it could have been. The story maybe more fleshed out, the characters better developed. However, that would have made it drag on and messed up the high flying pace.

I am astounded by the really bad negative reaction to this film. Makes me wonder if I'm missing something or if I just have bad taste haha. I'm not even a Coen fan, I think their films can be very up and down. I went in wanting to be entertained and have fun doing so. This film achieved that.

70% out of 100%, its good and thats completely fine. Nothing thats gonna make you have an outer body experience or change your definition of film making. However, it might make you laugh and have a fun time.

It's not an original comment at all, but after enduring DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS, I really felt like I had been left dumber than I was going in. This movie is such a massive mis-fire, I'm really shocked it got any kind of release. What drew me in was my 40 year long affection for the films of the Coen Brothers. I figured with a film from Ethan Coen, I was in for a breezy good time like some of the Coen's lesser works offered (I'm thinking INTOLERABLE CRUELTY or maybe BURN AFTER READING). What I got was a ridiculous mash-up of themes, none of which were well thought out or entertaining.

This 84 minute movie follows Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan), two friends who also happen to be lesbians (but are not "together"). Jamie is a wild-child from Texas, all one-night stands and hedonistic. Marian is buttoned-up and hasn't had a lover in 3 years or more. While not exactly closeted, the 1999 setting of this film means she isn't exactly openly gay either. They decide to take a trip down to Tallahassee (I don't even recall all the rationale for that), and to make it financially viable to do so, they use a drive-away service that hooks them up with a car bound for that very Florida city. Sadly, the owner of the drive-away service thought the two young ladies worked for the criminals who ARE supposed to be driving the car south, leading to a pair of "goons" (as listed in the credits) to chase after the two young ladies in a time before real cell phone coverage or other tech that might have made the pursuit easier.

Antics ensue, revolving mostly around the sexual shenanigans of the two girls (mostly kinda icky), the endless arguments between the two goons (none of which were interesting at all) and the eventual discovery of what was in the trunk of the car that the ladies aren't supposed to know about (involving the creation of plaster casts made of the private parts of certain conservative political figures).

My biggest problem with the film was the ridiculous, over-the-top portrayal of lesbian sexuality. Coupled with the silly plaster casts we are often obliged to gaze at, and you've got a film that feels like it was written by a ninth grade boy who doesn't understand how sex works and REALLY doesn't understand how lesbian sex works. Most of the sex scenes were embarrassing to watch, they were so childish.

These scenes MIGHT have been at least some fun, had they not starred the truly dreadful Margaret Qualley. I've seen her give decent performances before (NOVITIATE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD), but here her wild energy is uncontained and generic. Nothing she does feels rooted in any kind of reality, even the skewed reality of this film. It wants to be a daring performance; instead, it is silly and not for one moment did it feel like I watching a real person. Viswanathan, on the other hand, is marginally convincing, and the only character we root for at all.

Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon make very brief cameo appearances. They both look dreadfully embarrassed to be in the film. (I felt actively bad for Damon.) And the film even manages to make the delightful Colman Domingo uninteresting.

A deep disappointment, insulting to lesbians (rather than "liberating" as I assume it intended to be) and simply stunning to be coming from Ethan Coen. Avoid!!

It is by now apparent that IMDB ratings are not reliable for any movie that touches on culture-war or other controversial topics. So it is with "Drive-Away Dolls", a buddy road-trip caper comedy whose main characters are young lesbians. As you might expect, there is a lot of raunchy humor and a lot of sex. Because of that, a bunch of homophobic trolls have tried to kill this movie by writing one-star reviews. To be clear, there is nothing profound about this movie; it is pure escapism, but there are lots of laughs and good performances, and it does not overstay its welcome at 80 minutes. If you are an open minded person you will enjoy it.

This maybe had 45-50 minutes worth of content and it made 84 minutes feel long. The script needed a lot of work and I'm shocked Ethan Coen released something this half baked.

There are a few moments of enjoyment but, they are few and far between. They went for a campy feel but I never found Qualley's performance convincing and Viswanathan came off more wooden than intended. The side characters had more funny moments and funny performances than the leads.

On the plus side, the last 10-15 minutes were thoroughly entertaining. It's like they had an ending in mind and worked backwards from there. It failed miserably to build something worthy of the idea and had some unintentional cringeworthy moments.

I had a good time watching this one. The characters are a true highlight here, and the two leads contrast each other well. Jamie being the most lovable of the two, and Marian has the most emotional depth to her. The cameos were also well-casted, so even though you spend maybe three minutes meeting those characters, you can understand what kind of person they are without needing the exposition. Nobody ever feels like they're being talked down to or reduced to a stereotype. The humor is on-point, even when there are uncomfortable moments you can't help but chuckle a little bit at the circumstances.

The one critique I have is that there are a lot of psychedelic cutaways and transitions that (save for one specific one, you'll know when you see it) seem like pure filler. The movie is way too short, I would pay to see a whole series of Mariam and Jamie going on little escapades a là Poker Face. Missed potential there. It's a short, sweet, fun movie! This is one of those movies that doesn't need it, but I really hope they make a sequel!

Fun yet disappointing. It's a b-movie that's a raunchy, adventurous lesbian comedy-drama road trip. So creatively it sorta has a lot going for it. It has some funny bits, but it's not as fun and funny as i thought it'd be. It is a pleasant contrast to most self-consciously serious movies out there currently though. The movie had these transitions that reminded me of That 70's show; using graphics or clips that felt out of place to segue between scenes.

The actors seemed like they belonged to different films, which makes sense considering the main actresses, Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, were accidentally thrust into a criminal world. While the two girls treated their roles with a playful, unserious tone, Colman Domingo and Senator Matt Damon took their roles seriously, like actual gangsters despite the unserious and amusing dialogue. The headline "Senator shot outside lesbian bar" was funny. The goons fully embraced the movie's absurdity, while Pedro Pascal appeared to be in a different film entirely. His opening scene had felt very comic-bookish, and Miley Cyrus was in these psychedelic scenes that are later explained.

It's a movie that doesn't take itself seriously at all, and I think that works in its favor. Yet, I find myself slightly disappointed, thinking what the film could have been. As I said, creatively it had a lot going for it, but doesn't feel like it tried to push the envelope at all. It could've been a lighthearted 'Saltburn', or it could've been more goofy and funny, or way more vulgar and chaotic, or it could've been really thrilling like if some of the bad guys were actually frightening and intimidating. The girls never felt like they were in any danger. It feels like they could've pushed the movie in different directions but instead it's somewhere meddling in the middle. The movie played it safe.

The plot meanders through ridiculous scenarios on a purposeless road trip, intentional in its pointlessness. It is a short movie, but I also think there were some conversations that didn't really add much; scenes that wouldn't make much difference if removed. Jamie and Marian weren't the most interesting of characters and didn't have much of a spark. Their relationship could've been written better.

The movies not too terrible, I just think it had the potential to be more fun, funny and charming. Something that would light you up. The movie exudes pizazz but feels like it's missing it at the same time.

Wow, well, that was something. It's boring, stupid, and absolutely unfunny.

I didn't really have any expectations, but man, was that awful! This film literally feels like it was written by someone who has been told they are funny their entire lives, and its just not true.

Boring writing, unfunny jokes, boring characters, and a plot that is equally boring. Then Margaret Qualley, I like her. I think she's a good actress, but dear god, she can not do a southern accent.

This whole film is just nonsensical and stupid, which maybe would be funny if it was written better. I'd rather watch Logan Lucky where the jokes in that film are actually funny and the accents are better.

Anyway, suffice it to say this film didn't work for me. I can see it maybe working for others, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the target audience. At the very least, this film was short.

IMDb: 3/10 Letterboxd: 2/5

Watched in Theaters.

This movie is not for everyone, in fact there a lot of possible turn offs. It's basically a whole lot of sex jokes, condensed in a movie. Still, there is enough to like. The unique transitions, paired with some enjoyable characters will probably make you snicker a couple of times. The overall story is okish, but won't keep you philosophising at night, except if you're contemplating the perks of being a lesbian I guess.

The highlight of this movie is the part in which Pedro Pascal performs the best cartoonesk run I have ever seen. Truly a performance for the ages.

All in all, fun enough if you're looking for a brain snack, not a must see.

This is probably one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. I desperately wanted to leave after 40 minutes but stayed hoping it would get better. It did NOT. Don't waste your time or money.

From the unconnected psychedelic scenes that had NOTHING to do with the movie, the unnecessary sex scenes and the CONSTANT sex talk took away anything good about this movie. The acting was atrocious. The lame Texas "accident" was awful and her dialect coach (if she had one) should be ashamed. The fact that they were able to get Pedro, Miley and Matt to make appearances is BEYOND my comprehension. This movie is not even remotely funny.

You can tell when people are having fun making a movie. Ethan Cohen brings us a wacky premises and a spectacular cast in Drive-Away Dolls. Its a world that is absurd but grounded. Its the reality we live in skewed just a bit of centered. From the opening you know its not a perfect movie. It entertains and visually captures you with strange editing choices. The cast ia fun and unders what they need to accomplish. The two leads are fantastic and control the narrative beautifully you are rooting for these idiots the whole time. If you are bored and want to support director's who take big swings watch this movie. I beg people to watch weird movies more often.

I like quirky off beat comedies, but once you eliminate the sex scenes and the goofy 70's music graphic scene there really is no movie. Margaret Quallay is supposed to be the primary comedic character, but she did not work for me. The Arliss and Flint relationship could have been good, but there was never an attempt to develop it. I found myself wondering if during the preview is an actor like Matt Damon proud of this movie or is it simply a fast buck. After the movie I look to my wife and said i was going to ask you if you wanted to leave on 3 occasions to which she replied I wish you had. The only good thing about this movie was it was only 84 minutes.

It's a quirky lesbian romantic comedy set in 1999 on the road between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Tallahassee, Florida. The film opens with a violent robbery and murder related to a briefcase. Then we meet Jamie (Margaret Qualley), Sukie (Beanie Feldstein), and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan). They are all quite different lesbians. Jamie, a Texan, is outgoing and unfaithful. Sukie is a police officer who throws Jamie out for being unfaithful. Marian is uptight and inexperienced and likes to read Henry James.

Jamie talks Marian into getting a drive-away car at Curlie's (Bill Camp) and traveling to Tallahassee. She hopes to loosen Marian up en route. However, the car they drive has a secret hidden in the trunk that causes three hoods to pursue them. The hoods are the talkative Arliss (Joey Slotnick), the hit first, talk later Flint (C. J. Wilson), and their boss, The Chief (Colman Domingo).

The movie follows all their experiences in their journey to Florida, including the final confrontation with an important politician (Matt Damon).

This 86-minute film is hilarious in the Coen style. I presume it is R-rated for its language, not so much for its sex, though there is some. Qualley and Viswanathan are excellent as leads. Slotnick and Wilson are a riot. It's quickly paced and doesn't take itself seriously. If you like Coen movies and are OK with the subject matter, you should enjoy this movie.

How did this get made and with so many great actors? Four people walked out of the theater. It was shot like a film students first year project. Premise was dumb, The terrible accent by Madeline was at time unbearable. I was excited to see Geraldine and her role was maybe the only tolerable one in this bad movie. I've been trying to go back to theaters to see movies but boy I wish I didn't on this one, a waste.

The weird cutover psychedelic sequences, random appearance by Miley Cyrus, the whole thing was just bad, not funny, and pointless. I know it's hard for films to get made but honestly... how did this get made!?

Watched it with my girlfriend on a lazy weekend. Had so much fun with this!!! We need more lesbian roadtrip buddy comedies!! It is unapologetically queer and quirky indeed. Happy to see queer women being represented more on screen. I hope people won't be discouraged by the rating and haters.

Very simple plot and concept. Campy, trippy, and over the top. Great casting too as Jamie and Marianne look great together.

Always loved the Coen brothers and was not disappointed at all by Drive-Away Dolls at all. This movie is quite different from their previous works. Would recommend if you want a light watch and a good laugh.

Where is Joel when you need him? This was one of the most disappointing movies I've ever seen. Maybe my hopes were too high, being a Coen film. I am not sure why Ethan is so enamored with gratuitous lesbian sex with zero-character development. It just speaks to poor writing skills. I loved Margaret Quailey in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood but in this film by Ethan Coen, she is placed in a one-dimensional box with no opportunity for her character to have depth or meaning. I understand this film was billed as a quirky comedy, Burn After Reading is a quirky comedy, not Drive-Away Dolls. My hope is that Ethan will once again collaborate with his brother Joel for another intriguing witty film like they have produced so many times in the past.

Before I give my thoughts on this movie, I have to share a funny story about my viewing experience. After me and my friend got out of the theater, we took pictures of us by the three different posters across the hallway. One of the posters said in marker, "needs Joel", in reference to the fact that this marks long time writer/director Ethan Coen's first solo directorial effort. Why do I mention this? Because I feel like me and my friend made the right choice in just judging the film on its own merits and not the fact that a legendary director made a bizarre yet enjoyable black comedy about two lesbians going on the road for the fun of it.

Now the story itself is pretty gritty from the get go, as the two friends in particular, Jamie and Marian, end up on the run after unintentionally taking a car with a briefcase that mobsters are after. While the Coen brothers have made many idiosyncratic crime capers, down to their first film Blood Simple being one, this film's content is wildly erotic, to the point where might debate if the feature is more or less an excuse to exploit sex scenes for the sake of it. Coen wrote the movie with his wife Tricia Cooke, who also served as the main editor, so one can sense a lot of their influence from bad taste cinema that was hot in the 60s and 70s. Not only is the movie foul in both language and graphic content, but the obscenity is so erratically abhorrent that there is a lot to take away in terms of reactionary value. Therefore, anyone going into this film will not be able to comprehend much of what to expect beyond the basic premise, so it's best to take the experience for what it's worth.

If anyone behind the film managed to make the most out of the rambunctious nature of it all, it would have to be the cast. Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan work off well as Jamie and Marian, bouncing off carefree words and tumultuous actions with such lively vigor that you buy anything that happens to them, no matter how frustrating or emotional their misadventures may be. In addition, while a little more sardonic than legitimately intimidating, the Chief and his cronies Arliss and Flint make for genuinely unsympathetic losers thanks to the married couple style chemistry between Colman Domingo, Joey Slotnick and C. J. Wilson respectively. Beanie Feldstein is also a fun addition as Jamie's ex Sukie thanks to her explosive temper and defensive approach to her officer duties. While the visually stimulating cinematography and playful editing make the character's journey just as intense as their desires, the actors make the characters arguably more delightful than the story ever had a chance to do so.

So while Drive Away Dolls is a throughly naughty road crime caper that barely takes itself seriously, it is a breath of fresh air as far as nostalgic throwbacks to exploitative genre films go. In a day and age where audiences pretend to have grown past those genres yet still seek out torture fests for horror movies or mainstream adult comedies, this feature could be up the alleys fpr any fans left of the genre. Even if you could see this film as Ethan Coen calling it quits and not taking his status all that seriously anymore, it's still quite a crazy time indeed.