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Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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Overview
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
Rated PG-13 | Length 106 minutes
Actors
Josh Brolin | George Clooney | Alden Ehrenreich | Ralph Fiennes | Scarlett Johansson | Tilda Swinton | Channing Tatum | Frances McDormand | Jonah Hill | Veronica Osorio | Heather Goldenhersh | Alison Pill | Max Baker | Fisher Stevens | Patrick Fischler | Tom Musgrave | David Krumholtz | Greg Baldwin | Patrick Carroll | Fred Melamed | John Bluthal | Alex Karpovsky | Armazd Stepanian | Allan Havey | Robert Pike Daniel | Robert Picardo | Ian Blackman | Geoffrey Cantor | Christopher Lambert | Robert Trebor | Michael Yama | Ming Zhao | Helen Siff | Basil Hoffman | Luke Spencer Roberts | Ralph P. Martin | James Austin Johnson | Noah Baron | Timm Perry | Noel Conlon | Natasha Bassett | Richard Abraham | Jon Daly | Dennis Cockrum | Clancy Brown | Mather Zickel | Tiffany Lonsdale | Clement von Franckenstein | Wayne Knight | Jeff Lewis | Kyle Bornheimer | Josh Cooke | Peter Jason | Stephen Ellis | Jillian Armenante | Jacob Witkin | Jack Huston | Agyness Deyn | Emily Beecham | Benjamin Beatty | J.R. Horne | Caitlin Muelder | E.E. Bell | Kate Morgan Chadwick | Brian Jones | Peter Banifaz | Clifton Samuels | K.C. Reischerl | Jeremy Davis | Marcos Ochoa | Colin Bradbury | Ryan Breslin | Tyler Hanes | Casey Garvin | Luke Hawkins | Evan Kasprzak | Patrick Lavallee | Adam Perry | Ryan Vandenboom | Alex Demkin | Dax Hock | Shesha Marvin | Mark Stuart | Forrest Walsh | Michael Gambon | Tomoko Karina | Dolph Lundgren | Dean England | Sandy Mansson | Jessee Foudray | Ryan Izay | Johnny Otto | Sergio Kato | Anibal Silveyra | James Gregory | Josiah Black
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/06/2016 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Probably spoilers below:
Lesser Coen Brothers but still an entertaining movie (and lesser Coen is still better than 90% of everything else). Love the old Hollywood production stuff (the Norman Taurog mention had me laughing especially since I’ve been actively watching more of his films this year ex. Boys Town; wish there had been more of that kind of nod in this movie).
The communism sub-thread is interesting but never really nails the significance of this at this particular period of time. Given that it’s a major plot point (the kidnapping) I wanted more here to round out the reasoning. Nice performances from all the primary actors and supporting cast but no real standouts here (everyone is great; Tilda Swinton is typically awesome). Like you can’t really pin this movie on any one person except Brolin, who is good but really serves as the connective tissue between the others. I suppose it’s his film when it’s all said and done.
TBH Tatum’s Gene Kelly “On the Town” routine is my favorite thing in the movie. I’d love to see a big modern Hollywood musical produced today with name actors like this. In fact, I’d love to see more of all these characters since we live with them so briefly in this movie. Ralph Fiennes is so great too. Let’s see a side movie about him.
Definitely a movie that will age like a fine wine. I expect I will like it better as time goes on.
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