Film Review – Honey Don’t

Last year, Ethan Coen, half of the famous Coen Brothers, attempted to launch a solo career with “Drive-Away Dolls.” Co-scripting with his wife, Tricia Cooke, Coen hoped to create the first chapter of the couple’s “lesbian B-movie trilogy,” only to have viewers keep their distance from the effort, and for good reason. Coen didn’t leave CoenLand with the endeavor, remaining with a crime comedy that looked cheaply made, featured a few unbearable performances, and generally wiped out when it came to delivering laughs and thrills. Because they work fast and frugally, Coen and Cooke are back with “Honey Don’t,” which represents the next chapter of their vision for violence and goofiness. And, well, lesbianism. Instead of learning from the severe shortcomings of their previous picture, Cooke and Coen submit another dud in “Honey Don’t,” which supplies unpleasantness, even more unbearable performances, and a central mystery that carries no cinematic weight. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com