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IMDb rating 6.3
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Critic rating 7.4

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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

...turns Hail, Caesar! into a grab-bag of ideas in various stages of formation, full of dead ends and seemingly pointless sequences, peppered with out-of-nowhere narration...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Glenn Kenny
rated 10

You can miss or ignore so many of these details and still enjoy the exquisite clockwork mechanism of the movie's plot...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Dan Jolin
rated 8

...it’s easily the most Coen-y Coen movie they’ve put out. But then, they are stealing from the best.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Andrew Pulver
rated 8

Hail, Caesar! is a lot of fun, and beautifully crafted, too. One to savour.

Read full review at The Guardian
Radu
rated 10

Beautiful play, beautiful costumes, and images. A must seen satire!

2 years ago
Critic Kenneth Mcneil
rated 7

Fortidens store idéer fordrejet gennem Coen-brødrenes nostalgiske kalejdoskop. Filmhistorie og komisk pastiche.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Uffe Stormgaard
rated 7

Hil Cæsar! er brødrenes ubetingede kærlighedserklæring til Hollywood i 50’erne – som altid med ironi og humor. Her boltrer de sig i filmstiløvelser. En kalejdoskopisk overflod af tableauer fra nostalgiens farverige arkiv.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

Ethan Coen
Director
Ethan Coen
Writer
Joel Coen
Director
Joel Coen
Writer
George Clooney
As Baird Whitlock
Tilda Swinton
As Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Peter Jason
As Director

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In the glamorous world of 1950s Hollywood, Eddie Mannix is the go-to fixer for Capitol Pictures. He's responsible for keeping the studio's stars out of trouble and protecting their reputations. But when Baird Whitlock, the star of the studio's most expensive production, is kidnapped by a group of Communist screenwriters, Mannix must use all his skills to rescue him and prevent a scandal. With the help of singing cowboy Hobie Doyle and gossip columnist Thora Thacker, Mannix navigates a world of twists and turns to keep Hollywood's secrets safe.

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