Not a masterpiece, but fun to watch

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2016)

Hail Caesar! is packed with a lot of great jokes that casual and classic movie fans will laugh at. The star studded cast come up with great performances that keep it very entertaining. The movies uses a lot of the cinematography, music and editing style from the classic era and also shows the particular genres of movies that were popular back then like Westerns, Musicals, Film Noirs, Dramas & Epics. Although, that is a detriment to any casual movie fan watching if you do not get all the references in the movie; there were several moments where I was laughing at the references and the rest of the theater was silent. While the movie is very funny and the characters are memorable, the story can leave you scratching your head, especially in the third act. Some of the people that saw the movie with me were questioning what the whole point of the story was considering everything that happens. Hail, Caesar! is not a masterpiece but it is a very fun movie; I would put it in the same vein with O Brother, Where Art Thou? but not the same with Fargo or No Country for Old Men.