Surprisingly a very funny and enjoyable film

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2016)

Watched this film with no expectations, the trailers made this film look like it was designed for the awards, it looked like art film trying to be funny. So as most movie goers i stayed away from it in the cinema and only decided to watch when it came on Blu ray and DVD.
The film was extremely well directed and written, the Coen brother's did a great job on making a very solid film which was very entertaining, to bad they were not responsible for making a good trailer.
Anyways, lets get into the review. The film is about a Hollywood fixer in the 1950's whose job is to make sure the stars of the studio maintain face and an image with the media. He is responsible for getting them out of sticky situations and is also responsible for them being well behaved and rocking up on set. Brolin does a fantastic job! I really liked him in the film, he played his character brilliantly, making the audience believe that this film was really set in that era. He has that old look about him, just my opinion, as did Alden Ehrenreich, these two castings were great. For me the odd one out was Tatum, who just doesn't feel/ look like a 1950's actor type. Story of the film was good, and very light heartened for what it was trying to convey to the audience. As bunch of guys steal the studio's most valued actor and demanded a ransom for him, Eddie (Brolin) has to uncover what is going and bring back the super star before the media gets a hold of the situation and jeopardize the whole studio. Meanwhile the studio is still running and all of the actors, directors demands still need to be met.
Acting, for most part like i wrote above acting was really good. Apart from Tatum, he felt out of place. i feel instead of Tatum, Armie Hammer would have been a much better fit. If you see the film and have seen man from U.N.C.l.E you'll know why i'm referring to him. Apart from Brolin's performance, i think Alden did an amazing job, as did Christopher Lambert in his small role.
Overall this was a very enjoyable film. with more then few laughs to keep you entertained through out the course of the film.