This is not a movie for mainstream fans. It certainly shares characteristics from other Coen movies, especially "Fargo". The seemingly gratuitous non-sexy nudity. The road trip with the talkative little guy and the goon. My wife watched half of the trailer and decided to skip, streaming on Peacock. For those of us who enjoy many of the Coen movies, this is a very entertaining one. Though more than a bit raunchy.
My main reason for trying it was Margaret Qualley who was so good in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and in "My Salinger Year." Here she is unabashed Lesbian, Jamie, living and working in Pennsylvania. When her good friend and fellow Lesbian says she wants to go to Tallahassee to visit her aunt, Jamie has an idea, she will go too and they will get there by picking up a "drive away" car, one that needs to be delivered to a different city. Thus the name, "Drive-away Dolls."
The road trip gets complicated, there is a flat tire, leading to the discovery of a metal briefcase with surprising contents. There is a Senate candidate, a "family man" with a shady past, and Matt Damon is cast in that small but important role. There is lots of Lesbian activity, but it seemed to me to be a parody of sorts, for laughs.
So yes, its current rating across all audiences is understandably low, but for those of us who enjoy the strange, unusual, often dark humor of a Coen movie it is better than its rating would suggest.
Oh! And the several Linda Ronstadt songs are a bonus.
My main reason for trying it was Margaret Qualley who was so good in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and in "My Salinger Year." Here she is unabashed Lesbian, Jamie, living and working in Pennsylvania. When her good friend and fellow Lesbian says she wants to go to Tallahassee to visit her aunt, Jamie has an idea, she will go too and they will get there by picking up a "drive away" car, one that needs to be delivered to a different city. Thus the name, "Drive-away Dolls."
The road trip gets complicated, there is a flat tire, leading to the discovery of a metal briefcase with surprising contents. There is a Senate candidate, a "family man" with a shady past, and Matt Damon is cast in that small but important role. There is lots of Lesbian activity, but it seemed to me to be a parody of sorts, for laughs.
So yes, its current rating across all audiences is understandably low, but for those of us who enjoy the strange, unusual, often dark humor of a Coen movie it is better than its rating would suggest.
Oh! And the several Linda Ronstadt songs are a bonus.