IV

[Jochen Stremmel]

It’s entirely likely that there’s a much finer design to *Hail, Caesar!*
than I’ve credited the Coens here. Maybe on a second viewing, I won’t be
bogged down so hard looking for a thread to follow. (Shagginess is hardly a
sin though, yes *Lebowski <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCtkzIXYzQ>*?).
And I’ve failed to point out some of the fine performances here—Josh Brolin
anchors the film admirably (although half the time he was on the screen, I
kept hoping the film would turn into *Inherent Vice*). *Hail, Caesar!* has
plenty of great moments, and those moments, like I said, might cohere into
something sharper upon a second screening. But right now there’s nothing
that compels me toward a second screening any time soon.


http://biblioklept.org/2016/02/16/the-coen-brothers-film-hail-caesar-is-less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/
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