Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) by Rick1000 — 06 Feb 2016
From the hype and marketing I thought Hail, Caesar would be a very funny movie... I was wrong. This is an ambitious effort with a bunch of movie genres from the 1940s and '50s packed in, some with humorous results and others for the sake of it.
The problem with this film is that while there are several funny moments scattered throughout, the Coen Brothers introduce various plotlines, none of which generate any steam. Nothing has us asking; "what will happen?" How will this work out? The stories are so meekly resolved that nobody cares.
Add to that the fact that no characters are explored fully enough to love them, hate them or really careabout then, and you've got a movie in which the audience simply doesn't have any reason to watch other than having paid to be there.
This review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) was written by Rick1000 on 06 Feb 2016.
Hail, Caesar! has generally received mixed reviews.
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