Honey Don’t Review

 

A small-town private investigator investigates a scandal at a small-town church that could be connected to the fatal car crash of her client.

A big plus right off the bat, this movie has a great cast:

Margaret Qualley brings a lot of charisma to her role, and the character of “Honey” is interesting and likable enough that she’s a good character to ride along with through this sensational & seedy small-town scandal.

Chris Evans is good as a double-life-leading pastor; he brings a lot of humor and charm to an otherwise sleazy guy. You can tell Evans is having a ball in the part.

Aubrey Plaza is always fun, and he definitely has some enjoyable “oddball performance” moments in this, so that was fun for me. Plus, she and Margaret Qualey have really good chemistry together.

Charlie Day was probably my favorite thing about the movie; he takes what could be a very generic character and brings a lot of humor and likability to the part, plus you get some of the funniest lines in the movie.

Also, nice to see actress Kristen Connolly pop up in this. She’s been in some things I like (Cabin in the Woods & House of Cards), and she has some good scenes with Margaret Qualley.

There were also some surprising performances by what must’ve been local actors giving fun performances, so that was pretty cool.

So the movie starts out pretty well, roping you in with what looks like could be several different mysteries. How are they connected? What’s going to happen? Who’s that? There’s a bunch of stuff that gets set up throughout the movie, and unfortunately not a lot of it pays off.

It’s like the movie shows you and tells you about all these things about drugs and dead bodies and mobsters, and you’re into it and like, “OK, what’s going to happen next…” And then the movie swerves to the left with some twist that I don’t fully understand and doesn’t get fully explained, and I don’t even know if it connects to the main mystery, which I don’t even know if it got resolved???

Unfortunately, there’s just so much setupin the plot that when we get to the payoff and they happen so quick and practically off-screen, it’s hard to feel really satisfied by them.

And there is one twist that is so RIDONCULOUS; I mean, the idea itself could’ve worked, but the setupdid not expect that payoff.

Unfortunately, the movie is just kind of forgettable, more than anything else, and doesn’t utilize its full potential given the cast, creative team, and resources it has.

I give the movie a high two stars. ⭐️⭐️ It’s not really bad, but it’s more forgettable than anything.