Synopsis
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
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Cast
- 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
Recommendations
- 85
TheWrap
The Coens revel in both the glamour and the squalor of post-war Hollywood with a film that more than makes up in wit and flash what it might lack in substance. - 80
Time Out
It doesn’t seem new for them, yet as super polished, mannered, slightly surreal comedies go, the movie feels as rare as a unicorn. - 80
ScreenCrush
Beneath the (sometimes hysterically funny) gags, is a surprisingly thoughtful examination of the same issues that bubble through Joel and Ethan Coen’s more serious pictures; the folly of man, the nature of faith, and the terror of trying to figure out what path through life is the correct one to take. - 80
Variety
This gorgeously crafted romp through the backlots and Malibu enclaves of Hollywood’s Golden Age tosses off plenty of eccentric comedy and musical razzle-dazzle before taking on richer, more ruminative dimensions, ultimately landing on the funny-sad question of whether life is but a dream factory. - 75
Slant Magazine
Joel and Ethan Coen's idiosyncrasies elevate the film above the level of a mere creative exercise. - 70
New York Daily News
Star-studded and stylish, this addition to the brothers’ acclaimed canon is a looker with laughs and, alas, dull stretches. It’s fun and entertaining — no more, no less, no exclamation point. - 70
Screen Daily
Unquestionably uneven and only occasionally inspired, Hail, Caesar! is nonetheless engrossing and funny thanks to its off-kilter energy and a lead performance from Coens regular Josh Brolin that’s a model of quietly controlled chaos. - 50
Village Voice
The brothers' latest also has a certain buoyancy...The fizziness, though, proves fleeting, and Hail, Caesar! too often goes flat.
