Directed & Written by : Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Starring : Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, George Clooney
Release Date : February 5, 2016
I don't think I'd be wrong to say that "Hail, Caesar!" is a movie that Producers, Directors, Writers, Ethan and Joel Coen, are just being self-indulgent with. It's like they wanted to dabble in the Hollywood film making world of the 1950s, and decided to just throw everything they wanted to do from that era into one movie. As far as whether it's a production that everybody will enjoy seeing is very questionable, but it is unlike anything out there right now, and it honestly kept me guessing as to where the story was going.
From old Hollywood romantic dramas, westerns, musicals, mysteries, historical epics, to politics, this movie seemed to enjoy showing us that smorgasbord of different genres, with high productions and choreography. It's like a mash-up of skits and tributes thrown together into a single narrative. At least the whole thing is done like a silly comedy, and there are some memorable scenes that I thought were pretty funny and entertaining, like a scene involving learning a line, to something as simple as showing footage from the dailies. It'll all be pretty hit or miss though, depending on the viewers taste.
This movie has a huge cast of veteran actors, character actors, to well known stars like Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, but the story's focus is on Josh Brolin's film studio executive and producer Eddie Mannix; who is the man generally in charge of fixing problematic situations that might hurt the studio. George Clooney gets to play the big time respected actor who gets kidnapped, but it's really Alden Ehrenreich who gets to shine in this as the good nature movie cowboy actor Hobie Doyle. It looks like the whole cast is having a lot of fun here, but expect a lot of over acting and people hamming it up for the scene.
At best "Hail, Caesar!" is a mildly amusing diversion of a movie, that's really targeted towards a very specific audience who would appreciate this lighthearted tribute to the Hollywood of old. Everybody else would just be confused as to why they were watching this.
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