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Hail, Caesar!
2016
· Movie
· 106 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3360
- IMDb #3886
- Google retired #3427
- Rotten Tomatoes #2803
- Metacritic #2167
- Letterboxd #3008
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1407
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4352
- Metacritic Critics #1248
- Metacritic Audience #3774
- Douban #2142
- Kinopoisk #3723
- AlloCiné #4008
- Trakt #4504
Every rating
44–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86. Critics average 79, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Hollywood "fixer" for a major film studio in the 1950s must contend with a series of problems, including the kidnapping of the studio's biggest star in the middle of shooting a prestigious biblical epic. His job is to keep the scandals out of the papers and ensure the smooth operation of the dream factory.
Details
- Directors
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Writers
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Released
- 5 February 2016
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $63.6M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →3 wins from 19 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2017 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Jess Gonchor | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Comedy | Hail, Caesar! | Nominee |
| ACE Eddie Awards 2017 | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Roderick Jaynes | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2017 | Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
| Costume Designers Guild 2017 | Excellence in Period Film | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
| Denver Film Critics Society 2017 | Best Comedy | Hail, Caesar! | Nominee |
| Location Managers Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Locations in a Period Film | John Panzarella, Leslie Thorson | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Jess Gonchor | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Hail, Caesar! | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Comedy | Hail, Caesar! | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor | Nominee |
| Best Scene | "Would that it were so simple." | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor | Winner |
| Best Comedy Performance | Alden Ehrenreich | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Artist | Alden Ehrenreich | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
2 nominations, 1 won
| Feature-Length Motion Picture – Period and/or Character Hair Styling | Cydney Cornell, Matt Danon and Pauletta Lewis-Irwin | Winner |
| Feature-Length Motion Picture – Period and/or Character Make-Up | Jean Ann Black, Zoe Hay and Julie Hewett | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Roderick Jaynes | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Production Design | Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Alden Ehrenreich | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period Film | Mary Zophres | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Hail, Caesar! | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Alden Ehrenreich | Nominee |
Location Managers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Locations in a Period Film | John Panzarella, Leslie Thorson | Nominee |