Is Hail, Caesar! woke?

Hail, Caesar! has a woke score of 18/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. Hail, Caesar! is a 2016 Coen Brothers comedy set in 1950s Hollywood where studio fixer Eddie Mannix handles scandals, including the kidnapping of star Baird Whitlock by communist screenwriters, while a biblical epic films. The narrative uses absurd vignettes to examine studio operations, ideological posturing, and personal moral choices. No modern identity-driven themes, activist dialogue, or representation-focused messaging appear in the story or character development.

Is there DEI in Hail, Caesar!?

The biggest factors in our score are Political / ideological dialogue, Institutional / cultural critique, Creator track record context. When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

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Hail, Caesar!

Woke Score

18/ 100

Lower is better

ComedyDramaMysteryCrime

Release Date: February 5, 2016
Age Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 106 min

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United States · Last checked 5/13/2026

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Factors & Ratings

These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Hail, Caesar!.

Representation / casting choices

Casting aligns precisely with the 1950s Hollywood period and story requirements, featuring no forced diversity, audience-visible identity signaling, or character mismatches.

0 / 100

Political / ideological dialogue

Extended Marxist lectures occur in the communist kidnapping sequence and are presented as comically self-important and disconnected from reality, with no endorsement or modern political parallels drawn.

25 / 100

Identity-driven story themes

Narrative emphasizes professional competence, moral consistency, and historical satire without any arcs centered on identity, gender performance, or group-based grievances.

0 / 100

Institutional / cultural critique

Satire targets studio machinations and communist hypocrisy while affirming the value of craftsmanship and personal integrity; avoids reframing history through contemporary lenses of systemic oppression or cultural guilt.

15 / 100

Hail, Caesar!

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