For reasons known only to him, writer/director Ethan Coen has made the late-in-life pivot from his longtime partnership with his brother, Joel, to making quirky movies about lesbians with his queer wife, Tricia Cooke. They started with Drive-Away Dolls in 2024, and are now back with a completely different type of story in Honey Don’t .

Their muse appears to be Margaret Qualley, who starred in the previous film and here leads the way as Honey O’Donahue, a private detective who’s always on the hunt for her next case and her next lover. A fatal car accident is the impetus for the plot, as Honey navigates the unwanted advances of police detective Marty Metakawitch (Charlie Day), the cult-like church led by Reverend Drew Devlin (Chris Evans), and other obstacles.

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