An over-sophisticated movie about making movies

Rating: 7/10 (27 November 2016)

From time to time, movies like this are made, by talented directors- producers and including talented actors. They are dealing with their love and daily grind - cinema - with lots of inside jokes and scenes fully understood by thousands, yet uninviting to millions.
Hail, Ceasar! is a fine example of similar movie, and all the people I know who have seen it said that they managed to "pass through it" by focusing on characters only, being surprised how the Coens can convince many Oscar winners and nominees to perform so small and weird parts. Yes, there are some witty-funny dialogues and characters, but the Communist line is too much and excessive even for the Coens...
To me, it is the most uninteresting Coen-movie I have seen; well, I can't say it's bad - 7 points for strong cast and characters with "touch", but the era and the environment did not come up to me as expected. Luckily, unlike most Coen-movies, it lasted 1.5 hours only, so I was committed to watch it until credentials appeared.