Verdict
Summary
Drive-Away Dolls is an agonizingly horrible and staggeringly unfunny movie that instantly grates on the nerves and the senses with its garish approach to screwball comedy. I absolutely hated every single second of this movie and gets my vote (so far) for worst movie of the year.
Plot:
Two lesbians embark on a road trip, not realizing there’s a secret case in the trunk that going to get them in big trouble.
Review:
Unabashed and proud lesbian Jamie (Margaret Qualley) convinces her nebbish lesbian friend Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) to go with her on a road trip to Tallahassee in a drive-away car, and it’s just their luck that they’re mistaken for some other drivers meant to take that particular car. They hit the road, not realizing that there’s a case in the trunk with a severed head and a collection of priceless dildos (don’t ask) that some hired thugs are after, but in the meantime Jamie and Marian stop here and there along the way, go to some lesbian bars, make out and have sex with strangers they meet (more Jamie than Marian, who is much less a go-getter than Jamie), and finally have a showdown where all roads and characters converge.
From co-writer / director Ethan Coen, one-half of the Coen Brothers team that made great movies like Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller’s Crossing, Drive-Away Dolls is an agonizingly horrible and staggeringly unfunny movie that instantly grates on the nerves and the senses with its garish approach to screwball comedy. Qualley gives an incredibly annoying performance as a lesbian with a drawl that’ll make you wanna rip your ears off, and the movie has a revolving door of cameos from the likes of Matt Damon (one scene), Pedro Pascal (also just one scene), and a handful of others, but this movie is not only unfunny, but it’s appallingly amateurish and even at just 83 minutes it feels like it’s at least twice as long. I absolutely hated every single second of this movie and gets my vote (so far) for worst movie of the year. The best thing about the movie (hence, the half-star rating) is the score by Carter Burwell and the songs chosen for the soundtrack.
Universal’s Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Code combo pack for Drive-Away Dolls has several special features: “The Drive-Away Gang,” “Drive-Away Dolls: An Ethan and Tricia Project,” and “Road Trip Essentials.”
