“Drive-Away Dolls” doesn’t expect you to take it too seriously. Or, at least, the filmmakers behind it — the husband-and-wife team of director Ethan Coen and co-writer and -producer Tricia Cooke, who’s also credited as the movie’s editor — do not expect that. They’ve made a guilty-pleasure romp that gives a nod to the B-movies of the late 1960s and ’70s, one that, in its first few minutes, quickly goes from graphically violent to explicitly sexual. “Drive-Away Dolls” is a lesbian-forward adventure — Cooke, who identifies as queer, initially cooked up a title with a different “D” word at the end — with two girl-loving heroines taking a road trip and running afoul of some criminal types. This is the second film as a solo director from Coen — who, with fellow directing brother Ethan, has given the world a slew of acclaimed films that include “Raising Arizona,” “The Big Lebowski,” “O Brother Where Art Thou” and “No Country for Old Men” — following the 2022 documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind.” Related Articles Movies | The 12 lessons in love from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Movies | Producer of “Get Out,” “The Purge” to collaborate with Stanley Film Center Movies | List of nominees for the 2024 Oscars Movies | Denver Film award-winner “All of Us Strangers” becoming audience, critic darling Movies | ‘Mean Girls’ review: Musical adaptation retains irreverent fun of 2004 flick It’s half-baked and, for the most part, pretty silly.
“drive-away Dolls,” From Ethan Coen, A Sex-forward, Mostly Fun Romp | Movie Review
Mark Meszoros, Denver Post: Entertainment
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 10:16am
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