Summary

Drive-Away Dolls' Rotten Tomatoes score sits at 72%, lower than all but two Coen brothers movies.
The Coen brothers, known for Fargo and No Country for Old Men, have each started directing solo projects.
Despite being considered fresh, Drive-Away Dolls' score doesn't match the Coen brothers' high achievements.

The Drive-Away Dolls Rotten Tomatoes score is in, and it's lower than all but two Coen brothers movies. Known for their acclaimed genre-spanning films like Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers recently parted ways and started making movies on their own, starting with Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth in 2021 and Ethan Coen directing Drive-Away Dolls, due for release on February 23. The road comedy, co-written by Tricia Cooke, follows two free spirits who embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee and cross paths with a group of inept criminals.

The Drive-Away Dolls cast includes Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon.

As critics share their reviews ahead of the Drive-Away Dolls release date, its Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed. With over 70 reviews tabulated, its score has solidified at 72% at the time of writing. This score, while the first for an Ethan Coen solo effort, is lower than all but two movies directed collectively by the Coen brothers – The Hudsucker Proxy (62%) and The Ladykillers (54%), the latter being their only Rotten score.

Jamie and Marian open the trunk of their car in Drive-Away Dolls

Drive-Away Dolls Review: Ethan Coen's Crime Road Trip Comedy Is Silly & Only Occasionally Funny

It’s certainly not Ethan Coen's strongest film, though it is saved by an especially fantastic performance by Geraldine Viswanathan and a fun story.

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How Drive-Away Dolls' Rotten Tomatoes Score Compares To The Coen Brothers' Movies

Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh pointing a gun in No Country For Old Men

While Drive-Away Dolls' Rotten Tomatoes score is considered fresh by the review aggregator, it doesn't stand out among the Coen brothers' illustrious oeuvre. The highest score the brothers achieved as a directing duo is 2010's True Grit (95%), a remake of the iconic John Wayne Western. Their second-highest score is 94%, achieved by both their directorial debut, Blood Simple in 1984, and arguably their magnum opus, Fargo in 1996. No Country for Old Men, the only Coen brothers movie to win Best Picture, has a 93% score.

Coen brothers movie	RT score
True Grit	95%
Blood Simple	94%
Fargo	94%
No Country for Old Men	93%
Miller's Crossing	93%
Inside Llewyn Davis	92%
Raising Arizona	91%
Barton Fink	90%
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	89%
A Serious Man	89%
Hail, Caesar!	86%
The Man Who Wasn't There	81%
The Big Lebowski	80%
Burn After Reading	78%
O Brother, Where Art Thou?	78%
Intolerable Cruelty	76%
The Hudsucker Proxy	62%
The Ladykillers	54%

Joel Coen's solo directorial debut, The Tragedy of Macbeth, achieved a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score and was nominated for three Academy Awards.

Compared to the Coen brothers' filmography, Drive-Away Dolls is closest to Intolerable Cruelty (76%) not only in of its Rotten Tomatoes score, but likely cultural impact. A romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Intolerable Cruelty was the Coens' attempt at a more mainstream movie, and they were rewarded with their fourth highest-grossing film at the box office. Drive-Away Dolls is targeting a single-digit debut in theaters, so it remains to be seen if Ethan Coen's first solo effort pays off.

Drive-Away Dolls will be available to watch in theaters on February 23.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes