Lights. Camera. Abduction.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Channing Tatum |
| Director |
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Screenplay | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Music | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Editing | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Mike Zoss Productions, Working Title Films |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Infrequent, low to mild impact |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Infrequent to fairly frequent, low to mild |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 13 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Coens came, saw, conquered. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Heil, Coen-broers vie 'Hail, Caesar!' | 15 | |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy The Coens' latest comedy is a portrait of a righteous man in a morals-free zone. | 10 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy I appreciate what the Coens were going for, but it simply doesn't work well enough to earn any sort of recommendation. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 50 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 182 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Packed with period detail and perfectly cast, Hail, Caesar! finds the Coen brothers delivering an agreeably lightweight love letter to post-war Hollywood. | 16 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 14 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Coen brothers' madcap, funny take on old Hollywood. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 123 users | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 25996 users | 10 | |
| Internet 7934 Netizens Wanted to Like It So Much More | 14 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 | |