Honey Do not! Units Streaming Launch Date

Chris Evans’ newest movie, Honey Don’t!, has simply set its streaming launch date after a disappointing field workplace. Directed by Ethan Coen, the comedic crime thriller stars Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue, a non-public investigator who makes an attempt to unravel the reality behind a collection of deaths linked to a mysterious church.

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Evans performs a outstanding position within the Honey Do not! solid as Reverend Drew Devlin, with Aubrey Plaza costarring as MG Falcone and Charlie Day as Marty Metakawitch. The movie hit theaters on August 22 and didn’t make a splash on the field workplace, regardless of the robust leads.

Now, CBR stories that Honey Do not! will arrive on Peacock on Friday, October 3. This streaming launch comes a number of weeks after the movie landed on main VOD platforms.

What This Means For Honey Do not!

Honey O'Donahue (Margaret Qualley) looking confused in Honey Don't! — Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley) wanting confused in Honey Do not!

Honey Do not marks the second installment in Coen and cowriter Trisha Cooke’s lesbian B-movie trilogy after Drive-Away Dolls (2024). Although neither movie has been profitable commercially, a 3rd movie titled Go, Beavers! is now in improvement.

The essential response to Ethan Coen’s newest hasn’t been glowing, with the movie sporting a Rotten Tomatoes rating of solely 46%. In his Honey Don’t! review for ScreenRant, Todd Gilchrist awards the movie a extra favorable rating of six out of 10, praising the robust performances, significantly from Qualley. Gilchrist writes:

After taking part in high-profile roles in As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood, Poor Issues, and The Substance that traded subversively on her coltish magnificence, Coen zeroes in on the calculating intelligence that underpinned these and different earlier performances by Qualley to present Honey integrity and an interesting swagger.

Honey Do not! is estimated to hold a funds of about $20 million, which means it may have been taking a look at a break-even level of $50 million. At a $7 million international haul, the movie is clearly a serious disappointment financially. It fared about the identical as Drive-Away Dolls, which grossed $7.9 million.

Contemplating the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter rating is worse than the critics’ rating at 40%, it does not appear seemingly Honey Do not will profit a lot from viewers word-of-mouth. Nonetheless, the actors concerned may assist it succeed on home-viewing platforms, and a Peacock launch means its viewership is about to extend.

Our Take On Honey Do not!’s Streaming Launch

Chris Evans spreading his arms at a pulpit in Honey Don't — Chris Evans spreading his arms at a pulpit in Honey Do not

There’s enjoyable available with Honey Do not!, with some traditional Coen-style humor and violence shining by. The film could not have delivered as a theatrical expertise, however as a extra informal watch at dwelling, perhaps it’s going to fare higher.

If the response to this movie and Drive-Away Dolls proves something, although, it is that the movie-going world wants Ethan Coen to reunite together with his brother Joel. Regardless of being accountable for classics like No Nation for Outdated Males (2007), The Massive Lebowski (1998), and Fargo (1996), the pair have not made a movie collectively since The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018.

It stays to be seen whether or not one other Coen Brothers movie will ever get made, however Ethan is evidently preserving busy within the meantime. Because the wait continues for a Coen reunion, Honey Do not! touchdown on Peacock will assist tide followers over with a dose of that acquainted Coen-style mayhem.