Hail, Caesar!
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When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
What critics thought
Critics largely warmed to the Coens' breezy tour of Golden Age Hollywood, praising its period recreation, ensemble cast, and relaxed comic touch — but the film divided viewers more than the approval rating suggests. The central question critics argued over was whether the Coens love or loathe the movies they're sending up, and whether the film's lightness is a feature or a flaw.
“a comedy, and a scintillating, uproarious one, filled with fast and light touches of exquisite incongruity in scenes that have the expansiveness of relaxed precision, performed and timed with the spontaneous authority of jazz”
Richard Brody·The New Yorker
“A dispiritingly vitriolic, only sporadically funny satire of '50s Hollywood, Hail, Caesar! verifies a suspicion long held here, that the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, really hate the movies.”
John Anderson·The Wall Street Journal
“It's a typically sly, off-center comedy, once again set against the machinery of the motion-picture business. And, as usual with the Coens, it has more going on than there might seem, including in its wrangling over God and ideology, art and entertainment.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“Hail, Caesar! may not be one of the Coen Brothers' finest efforts—and it might not engage viewers beyond Los Angeles or those who truly understand or work in the film industry—but it's nevertheless a fun, charming, and oft-hilarious take on Hollywood's Golden Age”
IGN
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Joel CoenDirector
Ethan CoenDirector
Josh BrolinEddie Mannix
George ClooneyBaird Whitlock
Alden EhrenreichHobie Doyle
Ralph FiennesLaurence Laurentz
Scarlett JohanssonDeeAnna Moran
Tilda SwintonThora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Channing TatumBurt Gurney
Frances McDormandC. C. Calhoun
Jonah HillJoe Silverman
Veronica OsorioCarlotta Valdez
Heather GoldenhershNatalie (Secretary)
Alison PillMrs. Mannix
Carter BurwellComposer
Roger DeakinsCinematographyHail, Caesar!
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
What critics thought
Critics largely warmed to the Coens' breezy tour of Golden Age Hollywood, praising its period recreation, ensemble cast, and relaxed comic touch — but the film divided viewers more than the approval rating suggests. The central question critics argued over was whether the Coens love or loathe the movies they're sending up, and whether the film's lightness is a feature or a flaw.
“a comedy, and a scintillating, uproarious one, filled with fast and light touches of exquisite incongruity in scenes that have the expansiveness of relaxed precision, performed and timed with the spontaneous authority of jazz”
Richard Brody·The New Yorker
“A dispiritingly vitriolic, only sporadically funny satire of '50s Hollywood, Hail, Caesar! verifies a suspicion long held here, that the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, really hate the movies.”
John Anderson·The Wall Street Journal
“It's a typically sly, off-center comedy, once again set against the machinery of the motion-picture business. And, as usual with the Coens, it has more going on than there might seem, including in its wrangling over God and ideology, art and entertainment.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“Hail, Caesar! may not be one of the Coen Brothers' finest efforts—and it might not engage viewers beyond Los Angeles or those who truly understand or work in the film industry—but it's nevertheless a fun, charming, and oft-hilarious take on Hollywood's Golden Age”
IGN
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Joel CoenDirectorEthan CoenDirectorJosh BrolinEddie MannixGeorge ClooneyBaird WhitlockAlden EhrenreichHobie DoyleRalph FiennesLaurence LaurentzScarlett JohanssonDeeAnna MoranTilda SwintonThora Thacker / Thessaly ThackerChanning TatumBurt GurneyFrances McDormandC. C. CalhounJonah HillJoe SilvermanVeronica OsorioCarlotta ValdezHeather GoldenhershNatalie (Secretary)Alison PillMrs. MannixCarter BurwellComposerRoger DeakinsCinematographyRent & Buy