J. Edgar
(2011)
Overview
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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r96sk
⭐ 6/10February 12, 2022
A bit of a bore, is <em>'J. Edgar'</em>.
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 Hamme…
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GenerationofSwine
⭐ 10/10January 14, 2023
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 be…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$84,606,030