The Top 5 Performances from HAIL, CAESAR! Ranked

This list may seem a bit deceptive for someone who has not watched Hail, Caesar! Honestly, I cannot say any role in the film was not played perfectly! Just because Scarlett Johannson and Jonah Hill didn't make the list doesn't mean their appearances were somewhat disappointing or unfit for the film. I echo Ben's notion that this is a damn good movie, and while everyone was fantastic, these five really had me the whole movie.

5. George Clooney — Baird Whitlock

It's a film where all Clooney really had to do was show up. Sure, this is a star-studded cast, but he's the name that's guaranteed to put butts in seats. While his performance isn't as shining as some of the other cast, he gives his all to the scenes he's in and really plays the douchey movie star role a little too well!

4. Channing Tatum — Burt Gurney

If you were to bring this film five years from now and ask me what I remember from it, it'll likely be Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor costume. The scene stretches on for quite a while, and I can only imagine the amount of time it took them to pull the entire sequence off! We don't see much of Burt Gurney, but the parts we do are worth it every time. My only wish is that he could have been in more of the film.

3. Tilda Swinton — Thora Thacker/Thessaly Thacker

Like you needed to be told Tilda Swinton was talented. She's great in nearly everything she does, and this was no exception! Without revealing too much, Swinton plays a set of twin sisters and plays them with such distinction I could tell them apart... unlike most identical twins I've met.

2. Alden Ehrenreich — Hobie Doyle

By far the biggest surprise of the film. He didn't even get a poster for the film's marketing, and he needs one! The least-known actor coming into this role absolutely steals the show as cowboy actor Hobie Doyle. All his scenes are laugh out loud funny and had most of the audience in stitches. I walked out of the theater hoping this film would serve as a big jumping off point for his career. "Would that it t'were so simple," unfortunately.

1. Josh Brolin — Eddie Mannix

If Hail, Caesar! is a slew of eccentric and entertaining celebrity cameos, Josh Brolin is the glue that holds it all together. His straight man leading character makes the funny moments all the more funny, and really embodies every stereotype you could imagine of a good, hardworking, Catholic man of the 1950s. Eddie Mannix was a real man, and Brolin makes him feel real when you see him on screen. He probably won't win one, but Brolin deserves an award for the way he steers this ship.

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