There was a point in time when I didn't like Channing Tatum; what a fucking idiot I was.

The film is very entertaining, but its kind of all over the place. There's A LOT of great scenes, but the movie itself didn't completely come together for me. Definitely enjoyed it overall though.

Like a good chunk of the Coen Brothers' filmography; this is definitely one I'm going to have to watch more than once to fully appreciate it. Heck, I didn't care much for The Big Lebowski after my first watch and now I've seen it 10+ times. That film is my Bible.

Hail, Caesar! is many things: a rip-roaring ode to old-fashioned entertainment (dancing, swimming, lassoing and the like); a silly farce peppered with wordplay, innuendo and wit; and a chronicle of spiritual crisis, in which one man tries to find his ultimate purpose. But mostly it's a creative clarion call to celebrate the way cinema can be all of these things, sometimes even at once. This is the Coens’ Sullivan’s Travels, a meta comedy that wants to deflate the pretensions of Hollywood even as it’s giving the movies themselves a giant hug. As such, it might just be their magnum opus.

Full review here.

The newest Coen Brothers endeavor follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who fixes problems for big stars in the industry.

This love letter to the films of the 1950’s, tells a haphazard story intercut with throwback moments, that while featuring some great performances, these ultimately feel like filler. Making it all the worse that the film doesn’t really go anywhere or have anything to say.

The production is of the highest quality and there’s elements that are worth appreciating. If only it had a better script with focus, conviction and some character development. It would’ve made it a better film, least one I'd watch again.

Surrealista, divertida, con un guion inteligente y rápido, una puesta en escena más que convincente e incluso números musicales. Hay secuencias desternillantes como la del submarino. Y el reparto muy bien también.

Goofiness I'm a fan of. This film is goofy. Therefore: I had fun.

The score on this site for this... is blasphemy.

Essentially a sketch comedy, with breaks for entire star-studded set pieces, this quirky film is uneven, but bursting with inventiveness.

45/100

This is a sweet and colourful homage to Hollywood's golden age of the 50ties.
When the studio where modelling, building and protecting reputations of their wandering stars thanks to people like Eddie Mannix (an American film studio executive and producer who really lived by the way) who had to face their misbehave, love escapades and other les glittering affairs sniffed by hush-hush gossip experts like Hedda Hopper (yeah, I just watched “Trumble”) and so called journalist from Confidential Magazine.

Meanwhile be prepared to be touched by reference to legendary movies like “Quo Vadis” or “Ben Hur” with athletic men in skirts, “Million Dollar Mermaid” with spectacular wet choreography or tap dancing sailors from “Anchors Aweigh” and other western icons like Roy Rogers.

By the way, the house on the corniche in Malibu is a clear visual reference to Vandamm's villa in Hitchocks North by Northwest.

I don't understand the reputation this movie has as a swing and a miss, it certainly hit for me. I'm in love with the tone of this movie. My heart was genuinely warmed

Although this might be one of the weakest Coen Brothers films of recent years there are still so many phenomenal scenes & moments that makes Hail, Ceaser! Such an enjoyable watch.