US EditionMargaret Qualley, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke on Their New Dark Comedy, 'Honey Don't!'
Margaret Qualley stars as a private investigator unraveling a murder linked to a cult, blending classic noir influences with dark humor in Ethan Coen's latest film.
- On August 22, 2025, Ethan Coen's dark comedy Honey Don't! opens, now playing in United States theaters starring Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans.
- Ethan Coen, director, had once said he didn’t enjoy making movies but changed his mind after a 'good night's sleep', reuniting with Tricia Cooke, co-writer and producer, for a spiritual sequel to Drive-Away Dolls .
- Margaret Qualley anchors the film as Honey O'Donahue, a small-town private investigator probing strange deaths linked to a mysterious church, while Chris Evans and Aubrey Plaza portray a sleazy reverend and a surly police officer.
- Critics call the film a raw, refreshing caper that subverts expectations and echoes classic noir, with Margaret Qualley's performance setting the tone in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's proposed lesbian trilogy.
- Leaning into hardboiled noir, Honey Don't! draws on Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye and continues Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's collaboration after their creative separation, following last year's Drive-Away Dolls.
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Honey Don’t! Is All Dressed Up With No Place to Go
As the eponymous heroine of Honey Don’t!, Margaret Qualley has a catch in her voice, a twinkle in her eye, and a bounce in her step: Her self-styled private eye, Honey O’Donoghue, is all about the legwork. The title of Ethan Coen’s pleasingly pulpy new comedy offers a cautionary imperative that goes unheeded by its namesake. As a spiritual descendant of female shamuses like Kinsey Millhone and V.I. Warshawski, the only way Honey knows is forward…
The Best Coen Brothers Movies, Definitively Ranked
For over 40 years and 20-plus (mostly) revered films, together and (lately) separately, no dudes abide quite like Joel and Ethan Coen. To mark the opening of Ethan's lesbian noir Honey Don't, we've ranked every Coen film—and if you disagree, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Margaret Qualley, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke on their new dark comedy, 'Honey Don't!'
Margaret Qualley stars as Honey O’Donahue in the new ‘Honey Don’t!’ (Karen Kuehn) Ethan Coen‘s latest film is the dark comedy Honey Don’t! Margaret Qualley stars as the titular Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who explores a series of strange deaths that are tied to a mysterious church. There’s much about the film that feels modern, as it is a dark comedy about a lesbian detective. But there’s also a lot about Honey Don’t!, inc…
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