Don Reviews "Honey Don't!"

For those who do not know, my “day job” is as a fraud investigator for the State of Texas.  I do get my share of run-of-the-mill cases, but once in a while I get one that is like an onion where the deeper I have to dig, I discover things that you would have never expected.  I kind of feel like Honey O’Donohue (Margaret Qualley) deals with something similar in Ethan Coen’s latest film, Honey Don’t!.

O’Donohue is a private investigator in a small town in California who has a client die in a car accident, but as she looks into it, things get even crazier from the leader of a cult-style church (Chris Evans) to a couple of employees with local law enforcement (Aubrey Plaza and Charlie Day) who she deals with on different fronts, and more.  As she digs deeper, the more danger she starts to encounter.

The best way to describe this film is... complicated.  This film has that arthouse, indie film feel, except with more well-known actors than tend to be in those types of films.  Their performances are fine as an ensemble whose chemistry works very well.  My shout-out would have to go to Charlie Day, who has that personality from the Horrible Bosses films, and I loved how his never gave up on a certain issue even though he would crash and burn at each attempt.  The cinematography and visuals really fit the mood and the feel of the film that it is trying to project.

Honey Don’t! is only ninety minutes long, which felt about right since the main story moves a bit slow, but for one that is fairly simple at its root, that makes sense.  I understand that are a number of scenes that made me wonder where all of this was going, is the point of those certain scenes, but in the end, it all does come together.  I have to warn you: this film has a lot of dark comedy, violence, and serious adult content, so know that going in.  I did like that this film main plot is darkness of it, but I appreciated the light moments that balanced it out.  This film is not for everyone, but if this film is in your style, I will recommend watching it on a cable streaming service.