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Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Damon Herrim, Naomi Watts, Ed Westwick, Judi Denchan
Movie Report
About Story: The film actually looks like. J. Edgar follows the mysterious life of the man who started and ran the Federal Bureau of Investigations. In 1935, J. Edgar Hoover forms the FBI and makes it an efficient crime-fighting organization — in part by harassing dissenters and building secret files on politicians. Hoover also fights the gangster wars in the ’30s and, later, the Mafia. He remains the FBI's director until his death in 1972.Movie Review:-Clint Eastwood has made a movie in J. Edgar that is done with broad strokes that at times can feel slow, but still adds up to a decent piece of cinema. J. Edgar Hoover was the nation’s longest-running lawman while he headed up and, frankly, started the FBI. Eastwood cast Leonardo DiCaprio and charged the actor with encompassing decades of an icon’s life. DiCaprio meets the challenge and deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his efforts.
What makes J. Edgar more than worth seeing is the acting. DiCaprio is astounding and despite the old man makeup that is oftentimes distracting, he impeccably captures an individual over five decades. Hammer gives a subtle, yet searing performance that also deserves Oscar consideration. Naomi Watts portrays Hoover’s long-serving secretary and also delivers in her ability to get inside a character over a lifetime. And the always amazing Judi Dench is Hoover’s mother whom Eastwood paints as the single most influential aspect of Hoover’s development, morals and how he lived his life.
J. Edgar is one of those films that is difficult to review. The acting, directing and look of the film are all stellar. Yet, as a whole, the sum of the parts does not quite add up to the truly fulfilling biopic that we craved
