Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) by Lindsay E — 30 Jul 2016

Not their best work. And I don't think I laughed once.

This review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) was written by Lindsay E on 30 Jul 2016.

Hail, Caesar! has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Hail, Caesar! (2016) Movie Reviews (1211)
Hail, Caesar! (2016) Critic Reviews (311)
Hail, Caesar! (2016) User Reviews (900)

More Reviews of Hail, Caesar!

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Deirdre Crimmins (265) for Cinematic Essential (63) on 28 Aug 2018

In typical Coen fashion this film is absolutely hilarious and toes the line between being honestly clever and too cute for its own good…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Rome F (3) on 01 Jan 2018

Although it's decked out with a bedazzling and eccentric cast of actors and characters alike, something seems to be amiss in the Coen brothers…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Patrick P (285) on 14 Jan 2019

With Hail, Caesar having a stellar cast and being directed by some of the best in the business with Joel and Ethan Coen, I expected a lot more…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Chris A (1,156) on 16 Jun 2018

A funny and quirky piece that doesn't play the traditional movie beats yet smoothly dances around that world of cinema…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Quinn R (68) on 21 Jun 2018

All cast, lines were a waste of my time, and Clooney never looked older - even the sets were a bomb…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Shawn H (224) on 01 Jan 2018

Although it's decked out with a bedazzling and eccentric cast of actors and characters alike, something seems to be amiss in the Coen brothers…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Alejandro G (226) on 21 Jun 2018

All cast, lines were a waste of my time, and Clooney never looked older - even the sets were a bomb…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Jim Laczkowski (20) for Voices & Visions (20) on 30 Oct 2018

A conflicted story that is also about losing faith in established institutions like Hollywood. Hail, Caesar…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Joel Mayward (117) for Cinemayward (116) on 09 Jan 2019

Catholics, Communists, and classic Hollywood are all equally celebrated and caricatured in the Coen Brothers' latest comedy caper…

Read Review

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By The3Academysins (492) on 18 Nov 2019

I went into Hail, Caesar…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of In the Loop (2009)

By Iyunzusto (1) on 04 Nov 2010

The problem with this movie is it has 4 writers.. and probably 3 of them are funny…

Read Review

Review of The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)

By Heather Boerner (95) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 18 Dec 2010

Sexist TV prequel is much raunchier than the show…

Read Review

Review of Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (2009)

By Stuart L (180) on 24 Jan 2012

Dr. Dolittle is lost since the thrid one…

Read Review

Review of The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

By Robert B (2,055) on 24 Oct 2009

Wow, you know you're in new territory when Sandy Duncan is the love interest in this film…

Read Review

Review of Woman of the Year (1942)

By Stephannie R (2) on 05 Sep 2007

Looking back, this movie seems like the work of a male with a deep sense of paranoia from the feminist revolution. unpleasent to watch…

Read Review

Review of The Cat and the Canary (1939)

By Wil R (126) on 10 May 2009

Bob Hope was not funny at all. The movie was very predictable…

Read Review

Review of Garfield's Pet Force (2009)

By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 10 Oct 2010

This brief animated feature feels like a bit of a cheap rip-off that might work as a time-filler on children's television but doesn't warrant…

Read Review

Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

By Scott C (2,765) on 30 Mar 2013

Sherlock Holmes fighting Nazis! Sound great! It's not…

Read Review

Review of That Darn Cat! (1965)

By Bosley Crowther (448) for The New York Times (9,847) on 20 Nov 1998

The color is good and Bobby Darin warbles a song at the start that may be amusing to humans but would probably fill Felix with disgust…

Read Review

Review of Nine to Five (1980)

By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jan 2021

The three actresses make an attractive team, but neither the screenplay, by Colin Higgins and Patricia Resnick, nor the director, Mr…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Hail, Caesar!

2016

59%1,211 Reviews

Everyone's Hero

2006

53%349 Reviews

The Eyes of Me

2009

64%1 Review

A Simple Plan

1998

77%551 Reviews

Little Black Book

2004

52%453 Reviews

The Raid 2

2014

79%922 Reviews

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

50%572 Reviews

Incarnate

2016

42%98 Reviews

Memento

1968

86%787 Reviews

Table 19

2017

51%299 Reviews