The greatest movie ever!

People are voting emotionally.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

The room is bad, but at least I can laugh at that. This movie has some great actors which got me to want to see it, but man it does not deserve the 6/10 that it has I think. I actually rate this lower than the room because no parts I could laugh at and it was so slow and nothing saved it for me. I felt like I was in the movie theater watching this for 3 hours instead of almost 2. I remember very little from this movie because I tried to block it from my memory so hard.

I usually like the work of the Coen Brothers, and I quite like this movie, too. But it's somewhat lacking in coherence, it's too episodic. Some wonderful and funny episodes, but a thin story. The main character isn't that interesting. And it ends rather abruptly, somewhat unsatisfying in my opinion.

The film takes place circa 1951 and centers on Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) a film producer for Capitol Films. He is faced with a number of issues which he must solve while trying to give up smoking. His main headache is Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) the star of his epic film "Hail Caesar." He has been kidnapped and ransomed by a communist cell during film production. Meanwhile he he forced to miscast cowboy star Hobie Doyle (Alden Ehrenreich) who can't act in a societal comedy/drama.The feature spoofs the gloss and crap that came from that era as films had a monopoly on entertainment. We see a Carmen Miranda type (Veronica Osorio), Channing Tatum dancing like Gene Kelly in "Anchors Away"; Scarlett Johansson as Esther Williams in "Million Dollar Mermaid" and George Clooney plays a Richard Burton type in "The Robe." Hobie Doyle was a generic singing cowboy with a "Gabby Hayes" sidekick.The Coen film holds some enjoyment for those familiar with the era. There were some good exchanges such as the theological debate and Jonah Hill taking about being a professional person-hood. It comically shows the Hollywood 10 black listed doing unorthodox things. The main problem with this feature is that it is a Coen Brothers film, so the bar has been set Raising Arizona high. If this was a new director/writer they would be hailed as genius.Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity.

Poor Ralph Fiennes, it's ok, we all make mistakes.