Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

2016106 minutesPG-13
3.1
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 6.3IMDb
🍅 86%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 72/100Metacritic
🎬 5.9TMDb
📊 5.3Popularity
🏆Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 44 nominations total
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Directed by: Coen Brothers
This movie follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars in the industry. But when studio star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) disappears, Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.

Box Office

Budget:$22.0M
Revenue:$63.6M
Profit:$41.6M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision4.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact3/10
Thematic Consistency2/10
Overall Score3.1/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Hail, Caesar! Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
15 min
4
Catalyst
25 min
5
Debate
35 min
6
Break Into Two
45 min
7
B Story
55 min
8
Fun and Games
65 min
9
Midpoint
75 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
85 min
11
All Is Lost
95 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
100 min
13
Break Into Three
102 min
14
Finale
104 min
15
Final Image
106 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Hollywood 1950s, Eddie Mannix at studio; industry glamor and chaos.

#2

Theme Stated

5 min

Farcical behind-the-scenes chaos; managing appearances vs. reality.

#3

Set-Up

15 min

Eddie juggles actors, scripts, scandals, and studio politics.

#4

Catalyst

25 min

Actor Baird Whitlock kidnapped; stakes for studio rise.

#5

Debate

35 min

Can Eddie save Whitlock and studio reputation?

#6

Break Into Two

45 min

Eddie pursues clues; encounters absurd Hollywood obstacles.

#7

B Story

55 min

Romance subplot and interactions with various studio staff.

#8

Fun and Games

65 min

Comedic set pieces, mistaken identities, showbiz satire.

#9

Midpoint

75 min

Kidnapping plot twists; false victory and tension.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

85 min

Pressure increases; multiple crises converge.

#11

All Is Lost

95 min

Studio faces public embarrassment; Eddie desperate.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

100 min

Eddie reflects on chaos; absurdity of controlling Hollywood.

#13

Break Into Three

102 min

Final attempts to recover actor and save studio.

#14

Finale

104 min

Kidnapping resolved; studio restored; comedy intact.

#15

Final Image

106 min

Eddie returns to everyday chaos, slightly wiser but still overwhelmed.