It seems we’ve gone into a time warp of sorts over the last month. Many compared last weekend’s “Madame Web” to a movie from the early 2000s, and there’s a similar sensibility with Ethan Coen’s latest heist comedy “Drive-Away Dolls.”
Though filmed in 2022 and released this year, its comedic sensibilities — if you can call them that — feels entrenched in the mid-1990s (not even 1999, when the movie is set). It’s couched in a world where lesbianism feels outrageous, with juvenile humor that too often comes off as exploitative and titillating. But probably the worst offense “Drive-Away Dolls” commits is being painfully unfunny.
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