Will someone explain what they think 'Hail, Ceasar!' is about? The Coens seem to me to be pathological jokers and provocateurs leading viewers on wild goose chases. I read a few reviews from metacritic ranging from raves to pans and the main gist was always "love letter to Hollywood". One guy on Slate said it was clear evidence that the brothers were cryptoconservative due to the depiction of the communist cabal that kidnaps Grorge Clooney, but I don't think so. I think that's typical of their baiting and they insinuate in one shot that this group is a bunch of intellectually snooty Barton Fink simps. I don't know what to make of it honestly. The bits that made the biggest impression on me were the cowboy removing his dentures and Channing Tatum's unrealistically homoerotic out to sea musical.