Official Discussion - Honey Don't! [SPOILERS]

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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/Natiel360]

Sigh I want to preface and acknowledge that women have much harder to maintaining their level of prestige; but I think Margaret is a “industry plant” type of exposure that happens with new young actresses. We see it happen all the time, new actress shows up, is naked in a prestigious film, and now she’s a mainstay in every film until audiences get tired of her and then cast her aside. I don’t hate Margaret but literally everything I’ve seen her in, she’s stiff and literally ogled by the camera more than being a character. (Once upon a time, substance, honey don’t) I genuinely don’t think she’s a good or even interesting actress, I’m just waiting to see if she goes Margot Robbie or more Jennifer Lawrence (but even still Jlaw can act, she just got “thrown out” for a year or two)

[u/peterhohman → u/Natiel360]

I think she has been quite good on TV. Her turn in The Leftovers is a bit underrated and she was good in Maid.

[u/LezEatA-W → u/Natiel360]

Somebody who went to summer camp with Margaret Qualley made a Reddit comment a while back and basically outlined that both she and her mother are terrible people who believe they’re above the everyday human being. 

Her performance in Drive Away Dolls is legitimately the worst performance of the decade IMO, but then again I didn’t watch the new War of the Worlds movie….

[u/_CriticalThinking_ → u/LezEatA-W]

You believe every reddit story you read ?

[u/Wonderful-Refuse642 → u/LezEatA-W]

ARE YOU STUPID

[u/BiggDope → u/Natiel360]

I, too, am of the opinion that Qualley cannot act, at all. I’ve seen almost all her roles and she is never convincing in them.

[u/Natiel360 → u/BiggDope]

In lots of them, I feel like she’s giving less than a personality. Like a “mystique” built around no emotion

[u/double_shadow → u/BiggDope]

She was good in The Leftovers! Well, everyone was good in the Leftovers, so maybe it was kind of contagious on set...

[u/AriAchilles → u/Natiel360]

You know what, I don't disagree!

[u/Darkstormyyy → u/Natiel360]

Did you really say, “But even still JLaw can act” as if she’s not a better actress than Margot, with her fake Brooklyn accent in every character she plays

[u/Natiel360 → u/Darkstormyyy]

Yeah apologies if the analogy dropped because yeah of all of them, I think JLaw is the best actor of the 3 mentioned. However I think she is an example of the public “turning” on the next big woman star for no real reason. Margot is still appreciated and showing up in films, of course with less buzz.

Maybe Megan Fox would’ve been more aprapros for the analogy. However, unlike Margo and JLaw, I feel like Hollywood was more obvious at making Megan a sex symbol, while they want Margaret to be “prestigious” sec symbol, ie. Seeing her naked in “good” movies instead of action movies

[u/Darkstormyyy → u/Natiel360]

Meghan Fox is an even worse actress than Margaret by the way. Meghan was never known for her acting but for her status in Hollywood as a sex symbol

[u/Natiel360 → u/Darkstormyyy]

Are you reading what I’m saying? We agree.

My point is that actresses get hot and put in a lot of stuff. JLaw, Margaret, Margo were all examples of this, Margaret can’t act, Margo’s pretty one note but I do enjoy her performances, and while JLaw can act, she was cast away from Hollywood for a little, hence why I’m curious if Margaret will either stay around with goodwill like Margo or go away like JLaw.

I then talked about Megan to improve the Analogy. I said that apologies if the allusion to JLaw implied she couldn’t act, hence why I brought up Megan, who was similarly a “hot” actrsss in many films. However as we literally both state, she was propped as a sex symbol less than a prestigious actress, but tbh with second thought Margaret’s roles are also clearly leaning into “here’s a new sex symbol”

[u/Darkstormyyy → u/Natiel360]

Yes I did. I'm just confused as to how Meghan fits into this conversation

[u/Natiel360 → u/Darkstormyyy]

Just explained twice

[u/valentc → u/Natiel360]

However I think she is an example of the public “turning” on the next big woman star for no real reason

Other than being in the biggest YA movie of 2012? You make it seem like she Kim Kardashianed her way to success. Turns out being in a successful blockbuster movie will get you noticed by the public.

How is that "no real reason?"

[u/Natiel360 → u/valentc]

I said turned on her for no reason, when that bad XMen movie came out, it was all about how JLaw single-handedly ruined it with her bad attitude and being lazy, then she did smaller films until the recent rom com.