That's Entertainment!

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2016)

The Coen Bros. are at the height of their powers in this utterly amusing, engaging, and mesmerizing trip through the Hollywood stages of the postwar era that created noble enchantment. Every actor was superb, every scene fascinating and deeply developed and artfully presented. After sitting through a half hour of cheap television advertisements and previews for the worst forms of satanic Hollywood gunk being thrown to the masses today (all of it cartoonish exploitation violence), watching the Coen brothers at work spinning their outlandishly sophisticated magic was a revelation. The irony of so many of the scenes was exceptional in its humor, as, for example, the sumptuous household of the Communists, and the gay undertones of the sailor dance scene. It took me several minutes to compose myself after guffawing uncontrollably during Frances Dormand's cameo appearance. The movie is resplendent with loving homages to classical Hollywood genres of the 4r0s and 50s. Every actor is simply superb and I want to learn a lot more about them after seeing this. Simply outrageously and exceptionally entertaining! Thank you, Coen Brothers, for years of the best movie making out there -- I consider myself lucky to be a part of YOUR era!