Director: Ethan Coen
Two friends, one battered car, and a trunk full of trouble they never asked for — that is the engine behind this fast, foul-mouthed road-trip comedy from 2024.
What is Drive-Away Dolls about?
Jamie is nursing a bad breakup and Marian just wants a change of scenery, so the pair rents a drive-away car for a low-budget trip to Tallahassee. A mix-up at the rental office puts a mysterious package in their trunk, and a pair of hapless criminals soon come looking for it, dragging the two women into a chase full of odd detours and stranger characters.
Cast & crew
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan lead as the mismatched pair, playing off each other's contrasting energy for most of the runtime, while Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, and Pedro Pascal fill out a supporting cast that keeps popping up in increasingly absurd side plots. Ethan Coen directs from a script co-written with Tricia Cooke, marking his first feature made without his usual writing partner.
Context & significance
At just 84 minutes, the film moves briskly through its road-trip structure, favoring quick comic set pieces over a slow burn. It carries the loose, character-driven sensibility familiar from Coen's earlier work, but leans further into broad, R-rated comedy than his more dramatic titles. Critical reaction on release was mixed, with praise for the leads' chemistry and less enthusiasm for the plot's thinner stretches.
Where & how to watch
Drive-Away Dolls streams on K-Time with an account login, and the platform's subtitles, interface, and support are all built with Farsi-speaking viewers in mind. Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available for this title, so it can be watched comfortably in either language. Browsing this page requires no account; only playback does.