Dolls On Drive
A comedy caper about two women on a road trip is coming to Brighton. The film promises a fun and entertaining ride with a unique blend of style and substance.
Dir: Ethan Coen
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp
84 mins · 2024 · United Kingdom, United States of America · Cert 15 · English
IMDb 5.4/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 64% · Metacritic 56/100 · TMDB 5.5/10 · Trakt 57%
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations total
In the sweltering heat of 1999, two women, Jamie and Marian, set out on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, their lives a tangled web of relationships and desires. • The film is directed by Ethan Coen, his first narrative feature without his brother Joel, and co-written with his wife Tricia Cooke. • The cast includes Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, and Matt Damon, bringing a mix of established stars and fresh faces to the screen. • With a runtime of 84 minutes, the film is a compact and energetic ride, full of quirky characters, witty dialogue, and creative one-liners.
The film will be screened at the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. Tickets are with the button beside the article. Drive-Away Dolls has received mixed reviews from critics, with scores ranging from 56/100 on Metacritic to 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, but its unique blend of comedy and craft has won over some viewers, who appreciate its light-hearted and entertaining tone.
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What viewers say
The_Argentinian
I don't know why people are so harsh on this movie. It's a light, fun, quicky Sunday afternoon movie. Maybe because of how unapologetically lesbian it is?
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logikloch · 7/10
This is not as bad as some people claim it is. A fun little flick that doesn't reinvent the wheel but it would be a lie to say that it didn't entertain me over it's pleasant 80 minutes. You can have a good time, but probably forget about it in a few weeks - but that's fine. Films like this one are needed from time to time.
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NealZ · 6/10
Geraldine Viswanathan is great. The rest is ok.
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Enes_ · 2/10
Bad, very bad, I didn't like it at all, disgusting scenes, mediocre, empty, unnecessary, poor quality, meaningless, what did I watch? The acting, the screenplay is mediocre from top to bottom. It's a ridiculous movie.
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IHateBadMovies.com · 5/10
Imagine trying to make a Coen Brothers movie on your own. You would have colorful characters, a weird situation or misunderstanding, and a fair amount of violence. And that would be the absolutely minimum of what you would expect. Well, in this movie, that is about as much as you are going to get. Coens-lite? Derivative of Coens? It felt like there was a better movie in there but it just missed on so many levels. I kept waiting for it to kick…
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tpasi · 1/10
Wow! Where can anyone begin on how terrible this "movie" was. I am speechless!
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ben.teves · 4/10
There are a lot of surprises packed into Drive-Away Dolls. An 80-minute runtime is one of the first (and one of the only welcome), and in that brevity comes a dense slew of inexplicable choices in direction, writing, and casting. After a pseudo-noir opening sequence involving a botched handoff and a beat up old brown car, we meet Jamie and Marian: two lesbians in 1999 Philadelphia. Jamie (a raunchy party gal played by Margaret Qualley) and…
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JHenryS · 6/10
Performances: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cinematography: ⭐⭐⭐ Script: ⭐⭐1/2 Music: ⭐⭐ Editing: ⭐1/2 Not bad for the lesser Coen's (sorry Ethan) first solo outing. It's easy to see, looking back, which elements of the '04-'18 Coen era were more distinctly Ethan's, or at least, less distinctly Joel's. It's therefore difficult to discern whether Dolls is set in the late 90's on accident, or because that aesthetic makes up 100% of Ethan's comfort zone. I only wish it…
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