Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016) by Sutton D — 08 Mar 2016

We all have our Caesars to hail in this world. In Roman times, you either hailed Caesar or were fed to lions. In the U.S. of the 1950's , the good guys wore white hats, shot endless bullets without reloading, and heroes were Boy Scout clean. Starlets didn't cuss, spit or have babies out of wedlock. Image is everything. Like Roman Emperors who fed the masses bread and circuses to keep them plebian--Capitol Studios will give the public what the public wants. Josh Brolin portrays a decent and tough "fixer" of Capitol Studios. His job is to feed mortal flesh and blood into movie gears and produce a uniform hamburger quality product that the masses will consume and demand. He's damn good at it, doing what he can with what he's got instead of complaining it can't be done. When star George Clooney is kidnapped and held for ransom, Mr. Fixit.

Delivers the goods no sweat--after all, the studio is paying a poor actor extra to be on the Cross for eight hours straight and giving him the better quality box lunch. Throughout this entertaining film is the thread of communism versus capitalism; there's even a trace spirituality --this Jesus guy must have star power, the public wants Him!