Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, this comedy caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
Critics Reviews:
- “With only one brother in the driver’s seat, this is a sex comedy with the consciously artificial, smart-dumb patter of an old Steve Martin movie. Yet, ushered in alongside is Coen’s partner and longtime collaborator Tricia Cooke…” – Clarisse Loughrey (Independent (UK))
- “Drive-Away Dolls never knows how to be the kind of fun it wants to be. A cue has been taken from transgressive cult classics… In Coen’s hands, though, the results feel studied: an exercise dressed as a joyride.” – Danny Leigh (Financial Times)
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The humor is, as the screenwriters have gleefully acknowledged, “juvenile,” but the performances are vivid and, honestly, I'd watch a whole movie starring deadpan Bill Camp as Curlie, who rents the women the car that leads to all of their adventures."* – Chris Hewitt (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
