It's no Llewyn Davis

Rating: 8/10 (7 March 2016)

... but just another Coens brothers film. This time there is actually a plot (something that's often missing from a Coen movie): We follow top notch movie exec Eddie Mannix through 27 hours of his extremely busy schedule. Although he has lucrative offers to switch to a real company, one which builds bombs and planes rather than make razzle dazzle movies, eventually he decides to stay on.
There is a plethora of plots underway, most importantly the star of sandals epic "Hail, Caesar!" (about the life of Jesus Christ) gets, well, kidnapped by Hollywood's communist conspiracy writers. Joe McCarthy tried to warn us of these SOBs, Arthur Millar tried to warn us of a supposed modern-day witchhunt, but the Coens finally managed to capture them all in full glorious detail. Nothing witchy about them. They love Joe Stalin, they are portly intellectuals who could bore the hell out of a dead sloth, and they conspire against the US of A. Thanks for the heads-up, Coens! I had great fun. Many scenes are brilliant, unknown actors star, stars appear in bit parts. Again, an excellent movie. If you don't like it, you probably never liked their movies in the first place, so stop whining about how disappointed you are.