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The Big Picture Six years after their last film together with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, it has been beguiling to see where Joel and Ethan Coen have gone with their solo directorial efforts. Joel Coen—who received sole directing credit for the duo’s work up until 2004’s The Ladykillers—decided to use the opportunity to create a Shakespeare adaptation with 2021’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Release Date February 23, 2024 Director Ethan Coen Cast Matt Damon , Pedro Pascal , Bill Camp , Margaret Qualley Runtime 84 minutes What Is 'Drive-Away Dolls' About? Drive-Away Dolls begins with a murder, a suitcase with something mysterious inside, and a sense of dark humor—all of which is right in line with what we’d expect from Ethan Coen. It's as if he’s playing with what we think his solo film will look like.
Drive-Away Dolls is also an odd screenplay, one that seems like it's going for the Coen comedy voice, and while the film often has the cadence of a Coen script, it’s lacking the same biting humor or wit. This is especially clear in Jamie’s excited diatribes that keep going and going, but rarely hit a clever angle to make them worthwhile. Not surprisingly, given the Coen penchant for great character actors, Drive-Away Dolls' script works best when focusing on its supporting cast.
On the other hand, Qualley is a bit more hit-or-miss as the eccentric Jamie. Much like her few moments in Poor Things, it’s almost as though she is going too broad for comedy's sake and sort of missing the mark. There’s a lot of accent happening here, and it’s as if Qualley is attempting to do her impression of what a Coen brothers’ character should be like, and not quite finding that tone.
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