Drive-Away Dolls (15)

★★★ Ethan Coen strikes out on his own with a frivolous frolic that wears its slightness like a badge of honour. ~ Total Film.

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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.

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★★★★ Ethan Coen has left his brother Joel behind for a wild lesbian road-trip movie — it’s a playful pick-me-up after Oscars season. ~ Sunday Times.

★★★★ As furiously funny as it is helplessly horny, this lesbian road movie simultaneously feels exactly like a Coen brothers film — and entirely its own thing, too. ~ Empire.

★★★★ The bawdy humour and central couple lend a freewheeling and modern sensibility to 80 minutes of riotous fun, which will appeal to fans of Coen capers Burn After Reading and The Big Lebowski. ~ Radio Times.

★★★★ A future midnight screening staple; Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in a delightfully daffy road movie, written by Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ Coen sets off in a wild new direction; the writer-director splits from his brother and joins his wife for a bawdy and brilliant road trip caper about two lesbian friends caught up in crime. ~ The Guardian.

★★★★ A sweet, absurd lesbian odyssey, the pairing of a sexual buccaneer (Margaret Qualley) and a temperate naif (Geraldine Viswanathan) fuels this enthusiastically horny crime caper. ~ The Independent.

★★★★ Coen’s joyous lesbian road movie is deeply silly, but it’s also fundamentally smart. ~ The Times.