Review: Honey Don't!

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Official synopsis: A small-town private investigator (Margaret Qualley) delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

Ethan Coen leaves his brother Joel behind once more for a solo directing outing. Instead he teams up in the writing room with his wife, Tricia Cooke, and brings back Qualley once more.

I didn't care for their last outing, Drive Away Dolls, but I certainly didn't expect Honey Don't! to be so much worse considering the cast they assembled. I think Coen and Cooke just have a Margaret Qualley fetish. (and who can blame them) because Qualley being hot is about the only consistent thing this film has going for it. They'll introduce plot points, then drop them. They'll attempt to tie characters together in the clumsiest ways possible. They even end a certain character's arc with peak "Palpatine has returned somehow" energy.

Calling this film a mess is a massive understatement. This is the type of movie you thirst watch for the love scenes only. It fails in every other aspect of filmmaking. 

Joel, come get your brother!

Grade: D


Comments

  1. thevoid99November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM

    I know they're going to do one more film with her and Aubrey Plaza as I haven't seen either of these films as I'm like "just get it over with" and then return to work with Joel.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM

      I will definitely be skipping whatever he does next lol

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  2. SJHoneywellNovember 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM

    How interesting that Joel on his own makes an Oscar-nominated Shakespeare adaptation and Ethan on his own makes mid films that lose the plot.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM

      RIGHT?! I think Ethan and his wife are just interested in Margaret Qualley being hot, and nothing beyond that.

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