Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) by Mary C — 10 Aug 2016

If you like vintage movies this is a riot!

This review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) was written by Mary C on 10 Aug 2016.

Hail, Caesar! has generally received mixed reviews.

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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…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 15 Oct 2018

I was certainly entertained while watching it, but I did feel so let down by what could have been a classic Coen brothers movie…

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A bit of a cliff note of the Hollywood heydays. A bit of everything. Big number on homer-sexuality with the navy. Hew…

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It's as if the Coen Brothers watched TCM for seventy-two hours straight, drank a half bottle of Nyquil and then wrote this…

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By Jennifer Heaton (346) for Alternative Lens (346) on 31 Oct 2018

As much praise as they deservedly get, The Coen Brothers don't always hit it out of the park, and Hail, Caesar…

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By Clint R (20) on 03 Dec 2018

Excellent Coen brothers fare and apparently grossly misunderstood by the majority of the viewing public who could not keep in mind who was…

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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…

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