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Drive-Away Dolls review: a wacky Coens caper, minus a Coen

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Drive-Away Dolls is the first narrative movie Ethan Coen has made without Joel. It's the zaniest Coen creation in decades and also the most rough around the edges. The movie cuts away from the pair's episodic misadventures to follow the bumbling pursuit of a pair of equally mismatched goons.

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Variety

Who Was Cynthia Plaster Caster, Who Inspired Miley Cyrus’ Character in Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive Away Dolls’?

SPOILER ALERT: This article continues spoilers for the film “Drive-Away Dolls.” In Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls,” an homage to the colorful, brash world of exploitation cinema, there’s a notable cameo from none other than Miley Cyrus. Cyrus appears in a psychedelic swirl of flashbacks as Tiffany Plastercaster, seen titillating a college-aged version of Matt Damon’s character, who will come to be a conservative Senator in Florida. Plastercast…

1 year ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Time Magazine

Review: Ethan Coen's Drive-Away Dolls Stalls Out

Nearly every note of Ethan Coen's alleged romp rings false—except for the presence of one actor. Read TIME's review of 'Drive-Away Dolls.'

1 year ago·United States

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Digital Trends

Drive-Away Dolls review: a wacky Coens caper, minus a Coen

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan take a madcap road trip in Drive-Away Dolls , the first comedy Ethan Coen has made without his brother, Joel.

1 year ago·United States

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RollingStone

‘Drive-Away Dolls’: Ethan Coen’s Queer Buddy Comedy Is a Car-Wreck

'The Big Lebowski' co-director delivers a mix of sex, violence, gangsters, idiots and two best friends on a road trip — with no one behind the wheel.

1 year ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Mercury news

Review: Buckle up for Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press “Drive-Away Dolls” is, technically speaking, made up of old parts. Its script was written two decades ago, when references to Ralph Nader and Chelsea Clinton’s security detail were current. Its homages are even more vintage, with trippy transitions harkening back to the acid-soaked B-movies of the 1960s. There’s a mysterious, sought-after briefcase, odd couple thugs on the hunt for it and some innocents who fin…

1 year ago·San Jose, United States

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MovieWeb

Drive-Away Dolls Review: Ethan Coen's Queer Comedy Gets Big Laughs

Drive-Away Dolls will have you laughing out loud in a comically raunchy ode to 70s exploitation cinema. The premise has a pair of queer besties driving a car to Tallahassee, Florida; blissfully unaware of the mysterious briefcase in the trunk or the bumbling criminals hot on their trail. Oscar-winning director Ethan Coen and his wife, screenwriter Tricia Cooke, revel absurdly in a lesbian-fueled romp chock-full of hilarious B-movie characters. T…

1 year ago·Las Vegas, United States

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