Not that good

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2020)

Yes, it's a love letter to post-war Hollywood. But that doesn't make 'Hail, Caesar!' a good movie. The scenes are disconnected and overall story arc weak to say the least. Acting is very uneven here. Ehrenreich is great as the singing Western film star. Brolin is good as the "fixer". Clooney is passable as the studio's big star. Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ralph Fiennes have all brief appearances, with Fiennes's performence the only one standing out. Not the movie I would recommend, it's better to watch/re-watch one of the previous Coen brothers movies like 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2013), 'No Country for Old Men' (2007), 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000), 'The Big Lebowski' (1998) or 'Fargo' (1996).