Hail, Caesar!
Coen brothers' comedy following a Hollywood "fixer" (Josh Brolin) in 1950s Los Angeles trying to track down a star (George Clooney) who has vanished during the filming of a Roman epic. All-star cast also includes Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton (no, that's not a mistake - she plays dual roles).
- Director:
- Ethan CoenJoel Coen ('Fargo', 'The Big Lebowski', 'No Country for Old Men', 'True Grit', 'Miller's Crossing', 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?')
- Writer:
- Ethan CoenJoel Coen
- Cast:
- Scarlett JohanssonChanning TatumRalph FiennesJonah HillJosh BrolinGeorge ClooneyTilda SwintonChristopher LambertDolph LundgrenFrances McDormandAlex KarpovskyDavid KrumholtzClancy Brown
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksThe Coen Brothers are, hands down, among the greatest film directors working today. Which has two effects. Firstly, nobody's liable to knock their work when it's not quite up to snuff. Secondly, they need to be held to higher standards than their peers.
Coen Brothers Clever Again... Perhaps Too Clever (spoilers)
The film is busy. it very busy in being clever. writers are communists, a tap dancer is a soviet spy. There are a lot of ideas in this film, hitting a film star equates to murder, messing up their beautiful face is a cardinal sin. conspiracies play a part, propaganda is a key element. what is news and what is just fluff, and do the journalist actually know...
Variety
pressAn inside-showbiz lark that regards the 1950s studio system with the utmost skepticism even as it becomes an expression of movie love at its purest.
Total Film
pressA love letter inked in arsenic, at once celebrating the artistry of Hollywood and cringing at the crass commercialism and rampant phoniness of it all.
Time Out
pressWeds the backstage Hollywood shenanigans of Barton Fink to a more manic pace. It doesn't seem new for them, yet as super polished, mannered, slightly surreal comedies go, the movie feels as rare as a unicorn.
The Washington Post
pressIt's difficult to remember a recent movie so tartly on-point in skewering a power-driven industry obsessed with such seemingly meaningless ephemera as screen-credit and commissary pecking orders.
The New York Times
pressIf this were anyone other than the Coens you might think that success and a couple of Oscars had mellowed them. Not likely. "Hail, Caesar!" is one of those diversions that they turn out in between masterworks and duds.
Los Angeles Times
pressA hipster mash note to the way things used to be, it will put a smile on your face and keep it there for the duration.
Hollywood Reporter
pressInteresting for insiders, but in their first order of business, that of making a rousing comedy about the Hollywood of 65 years ago, they've fallen rather short.
FilmInk
pressCharm goes a long way, but in terms of the Coens' overall oeuvre, Hail, Caesar! is endearing but inessential viewing.
Empire Magazine
pressLikely to fry the mind of anyone who hasn't yet built up a resistance to the brothers' foibles and predilections over the past 16 films, it's easily the most Coen-y Coen movie they've put out. But then, they are stealing from the best.
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksThe Coen Brothers are, hands down, among the greatest film directors working today. Which has two effects. Firstly, nobody's liable to knock their work when it's not quite up to snuff. Secondly, they need to be held to higher standards than their peers.
Variety
pressAn inside-showbiz lark that regards the 1950s studio system with the utmost skepticism even as it becomes an expression of movie love at its purest.
Total Film
pressA love letter inked in arsenic, at once celebrating the artistry of Hollywood and cringing at the crass commercialism and rampant phoniness of it all.
Time Out
pressWeds the backstage Hollywood shenanigans of Barton Fink to a more manic pace. It doesn't seem new for them, yet as super polished, mannered, slightly surreal comedies go, the movie feels as rare as a unicorn.
The Washington Post
pressIt's difficult to remember a recent movie so tartly on-point in skewering a power-driven industry obsessed with such seemingly meaningless ephemera as screen-credit and commissary pecking orders.
The New York Times
pressIf this were anyone other than the Coens you might think that success and a couple of Oscars had mellowed them. Not likely. "Hail, Caesar!" is one of those diversions that they turn out in between masterworks and duds.
Los Angeles Times
pressA hipster mash note to the way things used to be, it will put a smile on your face and keep it there for the duration.
Hollywood Reporter
pressInteresting for insiders, but in their first order of business, that of making a rousing comedy about the Hollywood of 65 years ago, they've fallen rather short.
FilmInk
pressCharm goes a long way, but in terms of the Coens' overall oeuvre, Hail, Caesar! is endearing but inessential viewing.
Empire Magazine
pressLikely to fry the mind of anyone who hasn't yet built up a resistance to the brothers' foibles and predilections over the past 16 films, it's easily the most Coen-y Coen movie they've put out. But then, they are stealing from the best.
Coen Brothers Clever Again... Perhaps Too Clever (spoilers)
The film is busy. it very busy in being clever. writers are communists, a tap dancer is a soviet spy. There are a lot of ideas in this film, hitting a film star equates to murder, messing up their beautiful face is a cardinal sin. conspiracies play a part, propaganda is a key element. what is news and what is just fluff, and do the journalist actually...
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