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JOY RIDE

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Published date15 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
ETHAN COEN'S Drive-Away Dolls is a road-trip romp like no other, packed full of hilarious twists and turns

Dripping with classic Coen comedy, the film follows lesbian friends Jamie and Marian (played by Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan respectively) as they hit the road to Florida to escape their woes.

Jamie's a free-spirit, not least when it comes to fidelity - much to the chagrin of her girlfriend Sukie, played by Beanie Feldstein - while Marian is uptight and sexually restrained, having not been with anyone since her last relationship, some time ago.

Caught cheating and kicked to the curb by Sukie, Jamie's looking for an escape. Discovering Marian is driving to Florida to visit her aunt, she decides to come along for the ride, wanting to visit as many lesbian bars and bizarre roadside attractions along the way as she can.

The pair pick up a drive-away car - a free rental on the promise that they deliver it to its intended destination which, conveniently, is Tallahassee - and away they go.

But it's not that simple: the car was intended to be picked up by a criminal gang who had stowed some precious cargo in the trunk.

With goons on their tail, the girls' road trip changes from a tour of the Eastern Seaboard's lesbian scene to the most bizarre journey of their lives, as they discover the secret briefcase contains something beyond their wildest imaginations.

The comedy is filthy, the characters hilarious caricatures of themselves, and it's impossible not to fall in love with Qualley's Jamie with her southern...

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