Story Line
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.
“The most powerful man in the world.”
Top 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
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Rating
6.2/ 10
Release Date
2011-11-09
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
DramaCrimeHistory
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User Reviews (2)
r96sk
6/10
•2/12/2022A 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, an...
GenerationofSwine
10/10
•1/14/2023My 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 ...