"Hail, Caesar!" is yet another in a long line of very entertaining Coen Brothers films. This time, it's a funny tale of a Hollywood studio kept afloat by Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin). Eddie is engaged in all sorts of chicanery, but he's grounded in morality and family. He is such a protector and so selfless. He's the kind of guy you want to be around and maybe even looking out for you.

I suppose there is a lot of truth to the bits about spoiled actors, deflected scandals, and hectic filming schedules, but that's stuff for those in the movie industry to chuckle over. What the Coen's do so well is weave in fun characters and precarious situations that even those of us in flyover country can appreciate. The conversations between characters is always great. It never tries to be overly clever and is almost always charming.

Their films always look fantastic and I appreciate their comedies more than anything else they do. It's so refreshing to be able to laugh at something other than poop and dick jokes.

The subject matter covered here isn't as interesting to me as most of their other films, but it still teeters on the brink of insanity (or reality).