1 of 6 | Margaret Qualley plays Honey O'Donahue in "Honey Don't," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Focus Features LLC
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Honey Don't, in theaters Friday, is a slight but still entertaining caper from Ethan Coen. It shares a quirkiness with Fargo, The Big Lebowski and other dark comedies made with his brother, Joel Coen, but those films remain tough acts to follow.
Margaret Qualley stars as Honey O'Donahue, a private investigator whose client, Mia Novotny (Kara Peterson), dies in an automobile accident. The audience previously learned a French woman, later known as Chére (Lara Abova), is Mia's killer.
Mia's belongings lead Honey to the church of Reverend Drew (Chris Evans), who is operating a drug-dealing business with Chére. One of Drew's couriers, Hector (Jacnier), accidentally kills one of his clients, complicating matters further.
The film tells a story in the vein of Blood Simple and Fargo, where not-so-bright criminals complicate simple crimes with their ineptitude, and end up committing far more serious crimes than the original ones. Drew's henchmen are much more obvious, with slack jaws indicating they are confused by Drew's simple orders.
