J. Edgar2011
J. Edgar (2011)
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Critic Consensus: Leonardo DiCaprio gives a predictably powerhouse performance, but J. Edgar stumbles in all other departments with cheesy makeup, poor lighting, confusing narrative, and humdrum storytelling.
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Cast
as J. Edgar Hoover
as Clyde Tolson
as Helen Gandy
as Charles Lindbergh
as Annie Hoover
as Agent Smith
as Bruno Hauptmann
as Arthur Koehler
as Robert Kennedy
as Harlan Fiske Stone
as Robert Irwin
as Mitchell Palmer
as Palmer's Wife
as Dwight Eisenhower
as Franklin Roosevelt
as Franklin Roosevelt
as Inspector
as Palmer's Daughter
as Head Secretary
as Edgar's Father
as Hoover as a Child
as Labor Dept. Lawyer
as Caminetti
as Emma Goldman
as Agent Stokes
as Bureau Agent (1919)
as Inspector Schell
as Secret Service Officer
as Agent Jones
as Agent Williams
as Raymond Caffrey
as Edgar's Niece
as Agent Appel
as Lawrence Richey
as Mr. Walters
as Credit Director
as Tailor
as Gangster
as Balding Agent
as Agent Garrison
as NJ Officer
as Colonel Schwarzkopf
as John Condon
as Young Agent
as Albert Osborne
as Elmer Irey
as Agent Sisk
as Wiretap Agent
as Hoover's Driver
as Roosevelt's Secretary
as Restaurant Host
as William
as Truck Driver
as Attorney General
as Senator Friendly
as Senator McKellar
as Fred Hunter
as Alvin Karpis
as William Mahan
as Harry Brunette
as Reporter
as Shirley Temple
as Stork Club Band
as Stork Club Band
as Stork Club Band
as Stork Club Band
as Stork Club Owner
as Ginger Rogers
as Lela Rogers
as Anita Colby
as Man at the Counter
as Agent One
as Agent Two
as FBI Agent
as Newspaper Boy
as Baker's Wife
as Theatre Cashier
as Bronx Baker
as Bank Teller
as Walter Lyle
as African American Woman
as African American Man
as Doctor
as Agent Owens
as Radio Announcer
as Prosecutor Wilentz
as Jury Foreman
as Hauptmann's Wife
as Young Boy
as Edgar's Mother's Doctor
as Edgar's Brother
as Richard Nixon
as Hoover's Maid
as H.R. Haldemann
as Nixon Aide
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Critic Reviews for J. Edgar
All Critics (231) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (99) | Rotten (132) | DVD (6)
The Hoover material is ugly and very American, and it might have made an authentic monster story. But the picture offered is muddled, cautious, and at cross purposes.
A pleasing, intelligent film happy to describe Hoover's behaviour as monstrous but too balanced and searching to damn him as a monster.
Somehow J. Edgar manages to be both epic and empty.
Usually the tautest of directors, Clint Eastwood has gone all slack here, allowing his subject to get completely away from him.
Although Hoover's luster faded as his career went on, Eastwood's movie seems wan from the start.
Here's that J. Edgar Hoover biopic you asked for, or at least something that meets all the technical requirements to be considered one.
Audience Reviews for J. Edgar
A complete disaster that portrays Hoover as a selfish, insecure and intolerant man but we never find out who he really was. Besides, the makeup is atrocious, while the overly desaturated cinematography and dragging pace keep the audience even more emotionally distant.
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Great performances by DiCaprio and Armie Hammer. The film is put together well.
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J. Edgar Quotes
| J. Edgar Hoover: | Funny how even the dearest face will fade away in time, but most clearly I remember your eyes with a sort of teasing smile in them, and the feeling of that soft spot just northeast of the corner of your mouth. |
| J. Edgar Hoover: | Clyde!! Don´t leave me!! |
| J. Edgar Hoover: | Clyde! Don't leave me! |
| J. Edgar Hoover: | It's time this generation learns the difference between villan and hero. Even great men can be corrupted. |
| Anne Marie Hoover: | I'd rather have a dead son than a daffodil. |