J. Edgar (2011)
The most powerful man in the world.
Director: Clint Eastwood · Writer: Dustin Lance Black
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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Director
Clint Eastwood
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Edgar Hoover 
Armie Hammer
Clyde Tolson 
Naomi Watts
Helen Gandy 
Josh Lucas
Charles Lindbergh 
Josh Hamilton
Robert Irwin 
Judi Dench
Anna Marie Hoover 
Geoff Pierson
Mitchell Palmer 
Gunner Wright
Dwight Eisenhower 
Dermot Mulroney
Colonel Schwarzkopf 
Kaitlyn Dever
Palmer's Daughter 
Adam Driver
Walter Lyle 
Ed Westwick
Agent Smith User Reviews (2)
A bit of a bore, is 'J. Edgar'. Leonardo DiCaprio puts in a very good performance as the titular character and his co-stars are all solid, but I just found the way that the story is told to be lacklustre. There aren't, at least for me, any memorable scenes and I wasn't invested in the plot at any point really. It's semi-watchable, but goes on for too long to be passably so. It does, as noted, have a neat cast list, with Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench, among others, involved behind DiCaprio. I think they all give their best, with any issues I have with this 2011 release being away from them. Two duds in a row to start the 2010s from Mr. Eastwood; in my humble opinion, of course.
My only real complaint about Leonardo DiCaprio is that he looks like, well, Leonardo DiCaprio and that is a shame given that given that he doesn't play Lenardo DiCaprio, he plays whoever the script says he is and we all think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread because of that. Except in J. Edgar where, for the first real time, DiCaprio doesn't look like DiCaprio, he looks a lot like the cross-dressing fascist he's portraying. And being Leo, he acts like him too. THANK YOU. For once the studio didn't bank on his face and it paid out. So we not only get to see Leo acting the part, but for the first time we get to really see him looking the part too and the last time he did that was in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." And on top of it all we have Clint Eastwood directing and, honestly, not a fan of him as an actor, love him as a director. Given his politics I walked in …
