
This movie follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars in the industry. But when studio star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) disappears, Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.... (Full plot summary below)
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This movie follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars in the industry. But when studio star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) disappears, Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.
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| Washington Free BeaconSonny BunchInstant-classic Coen comedy comments upon, and celebrates, the studio system. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter Chawthe Coens at their most and least cynical. Amen and hallelujah. - |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanThe wry tone, the dry wit and the sometimes not so dry moment (eg synchronised water dancing led by the irritable (and pregnant) DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson), serve as flavouring to this Coen brothers movie meal |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda Cook'Hail Caesar!' pokes fun at and embraces Old Hollywood simultaneously. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe Coen Brothers in a gleefully playful mood with a film that at once spoofs and honors the last days of the old Hollywood. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...a meta comedy that wants to deflate the pretensions of Hollywood even as it's giving the movies themselves a giant hug. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottEthan and Joel Coen flashback to 1950s Hollywood. It's their best film since O' Brother, Where Art Thou? and when the credits roll we all tip our hats and say Hail, Caesar. |
| ZEALnycThelma AdamsJoyous chaos is what the Coen Brothers harness in their generous-spirited wet kiss to the industry they continue to master and remake. Bliss! |
| New England Movies WeeklyDaniel M. Kimmel...like watching Turner Classic Movies while under the influence. |
| NewcityRay PrideIf the Coens embed their japery that deeply, there's more to divine from this seemingly superficial, largely pop-poppy confection. |