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In Reply to: RE: 'Hail, Ceasar!': Hail, yeah! posted by Billy Wonka on February 07, 2016 at 08:25:18
Only 78% on the Tomato Meter? What's up with that? Actually most reviewers gave it relatively high praise on Rotten Tomatos. Or at least restrained high marks. Of the reviews more closely aligned to my own views on the movie I submit the following excerpt from one of the reviewers on Rotten Tomatos.
"The trailer for "Hail, Caesar!" wants you to think that the proverbial laff-riot awaits. It doesn't, by a long shot. Indeed, this Coen confection, obviously a homage to the great Preston Sturges, struck me as a dour reminder of a time when Hollywood was down for the count. It's a hit-or-miss — mostly miss — succession of in-jokes (Wallace Beery and Bob Stack are among names dropped), double entendres and backlot vignettes enlivened by Roger Deakins' cinematography and the occasionally inspired snicker. The best moments belong to Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich as, respectively, a snooty British director and a popular cowboy star being groomed for drawing-room comedies. The scene in which the increasingly exasperated Fiennes takes the hayseed aside to coach him on how to deliver the line "Would that it were so simple" is hilarious. Also watch for Frances McDormand's chain-smoking editor, who nearly dies for her art."
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