Much like Julius Caesar Hail, Caesar! looks good on the outside, but turns out to be an overall bad idea. Hello internets Brandon here to do my first movie review for the year of 2016. I’ve been keeping up seeing all the films to come out; just haven’t had the time to review them is all. Hail, Caesar! is the latest from Joel and Ethan Coen, and while it feels like one of their movies should it fails to capture the charm that The Big Lebowski or Fargo captured. The film for those who may have missed the trailer is about this 1950’s Hollywood fixer trying to find the main star who has been kidnapped during the filming of the studios big prestige picture. That right there sounds like… well a slightly different version of one of their other movies just in a different setting, and time period. *cough* The Big Lebowski. Unlike said picture this movie fails to capture any memorable moments or even the comedy that’d follow it. This movie is a situational/awkward comedy that is so subtle that I can see many average viewers missing it. If you try and explain a funny scene to someone who hasn’t seen the movie you just end up with that horrible this isn’t funny please stop talking stare. The films biggest issue with me is that every conflict solves itself with little to no action required of the main character. I take issue with that because it has no climax in the film. The character we follow doesn’t have to do a damn thing and the film could end the exact same way. The only thing good I can talk about is the cast they have in the movie. The cast is filled with these Oscar caliber actors that could sell a movie on their own. George Clooney is great in this. He is the kidnapped actor Baird Whitlock who is so naïve he just goes along with anything anyone tells him. Clooney captures the gullible actor perfectly and so much of the comedy is from his character alone. Josh Brolin is great in the movie and plays Eddie Mannix the Hollywood fixer. Brolin is fantastic with one part charm and two part business badass. The only issue is what I mentioned is how he doesn’t have anything to do with any of the conflicts being resolved. That takes this character and builds him up just to leave him hanging. Ralph Fiennes plays a director with few scenes but is hilarious in all of them. Newer actor Alden Ehrenreich not only is the least known, but also very weak and prominent in the story. He is basically a shitty actor who is the super nice naïve southern actor. Scarlet Johansson and Jonah Hill are in this as well as the biggest throw away characters I’ve seen in a while. They are so unnecessary to the film that their problem is solved in a phone conversation. It seemed like such filler, and don’t get me started on the retarded fucking role they have Channing Tatum in. Talk about a guy just their literally for a dance number, and a dumb “twist” at the end. Overall the Coen brothers have done so much better it makes me surprised that they actually messed up so badly on this film. This movie seemed to come out of nowhere and will probably get its ass kicked in the box office in the weeks to come. I understand most film lovers will want to see this movie, and I can even see some walking out and enjoying it. I can’t recommend this movie to many people from Coen fans to the average movie goer. It isn’t a bad movie, the damn thing just isn’t that good. When it comes to Redbox that is when you all should see this. Rent it for a dollar and have a blast at home. Definitely do not pay to see this in theater. I give this a 2.5/5. It makes me sad to even say that about some of my favorite writers and direct
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