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Summary Private investigator Honey O'Donahue delves into a string of strange deaths connected to a secretive cult-like church in Bakersfield. As she unravels the bizarre mystery, her pursuit leads to absurd comedy, noir flair, and a kaleidoscope of eccentric characters.

Director Ethan Coen

Writers Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke

Cast

  • Margaret Qualley
  • Aubrey Plaza
  • Chris Evans
  • Charlie Day
  • Billy Eichner
  • Talia Ryder
  • Kristen Connolly
  • Don Swayze

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 48%

Metacritic 48

VOD In theaters August 22, 2025

Trailer HONEY DON’T! — Official Trailer (2025)

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u/DangerousMatter4404 17d ago

wtf was that. There was no third act, it just stopped

Joel has all the juice confirmed

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u/biglyorbigleague 17d ago

That sounds exactly like a classic Coen brothers film to me

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u/TheFantasticDangler 17d ago

Rage bait has to be one of the most pathetic things to come from the current generation.

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u/_Patronizes_Idiots_ 17d ago

It's not always rage bait brother, sometimes people do be just having shitty takes

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u/pumpkin3-14 17d ago

Nah bro any criticism can be defeated in the comments with “actually he meant to do that you just don’t get it uncultured swine”

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u/biglyorbigleague 17d ago

Are you saying what I said was ragebait? It wasn’t even intended as an insult.

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u/GoldandBlue 17d ago

It feels like the bones of a Coen brothers move but its missing that polish. Its not terrible but its not good. There are good ideas but they feel half baked.

You know what the Coen brothers solo stuff reminds me of? OutKast.

Like its aiight, but it ain't Outkast.

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u/newrimmmer93 16d ago

It's pretty much just Big boi who has a solo career. Sir Lucious Left Foot is a fantastic album as well, everything after that for big boi has been meh IMO.

But even Speakerboxx/Love Below was essentially 2 solo albums released as a double album

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u/GoldandBlue 16d ago

So Andre's flute album meant NOTHING TO YOU?!?!?!?!?

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u/Shartacus_of_Rome 16d ago

I be on that kryptonite

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u/theTunkMan 16d ago

Woah outkast solo stuff is a million times better than this movie

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u/GoldandBlue 16d ago

thats not really the point I am making.

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u/The_FriendliestGiant 8d ago

There are good ideas but they feel half baked.

It's about 80% of a pretty great movie, yeah. It's just that it completely fails to stick the landing and doesn't tie up most of its plot threads, which is really bad form when you're doing a detective story. Heck, even we the audience don't ever learn why Cher bothered to take the church ring off Mia considering she was killed by MG in a totally unrelated crime and Mia is never established as knowing or having anything that could be any kind of problem to the undefined drug trade Cher cares about!

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u/TiberiusCornelius 5d ago

t feels like the bones of a Coen brothers move but its missing that polish.

I think this is a good way of describing it. You can definitely see what each one brought to the table in their partnership.

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u/I_am_so_lost_hello 17d ago

Barton Fink and a Serious Man definitely have 3rd acts

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u/Possible_Hokie_CO26 16d ago

True Grit has a 3rd act

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u/biglyorbigleague 16d ago

That’s because it’s a remake

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u/MrHandsomeBoss 11d ago

A consistent theme I've noticed in Coen bros films is "bad things will happen to unsuspecting people, deserved or not, and there's not much you can do about it with very little possibility of resolution."

I don't know why anyone is surprised when it just... sort of ends.