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‘Honey Don’t!’ Review: Margaret Qualley Stars As A Gutsy Private Eye In Ethan Coen’s Messy Comic Noir – Cannes Film Festival


‘Honey Don’t!’ review: Margaret Qualley stars as a gutsy private eye in Ethan Coen’s messy comic noir – Cannes Film Festival

in great big capital letters, bringing an artistry to the drive-in but never patronizing the sizable blue-collar audience that dug his bawdy humor. This dead-end town is where we meet Honey O’Donahue ( Margaret Qualley), a hella lesbian and gutsy private eye who likes to drink (“Heavily. Qualley, who handles the role with a sass it doesn’t really deserve, carries the film to the finish line, which is no easy task given the proliferation of messy subplots, from the reappearance of Honey’s abusive father to the provenance of the mysterious brunette, who turns out to be French and in the pay of the pastor, whom she warns that “ze purple” — whoever they are — are nut vary ’appy wiz ’im.

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