J. Edgar

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Leia W Apr 25, 2019 Leo, who does an admirable job, didn't have a chance when everything else lets his performance down, to the point where it's not even worth watching past the first fifteen minutes. Not worth your time. See more

Poe S Dec 27, 2018 Edgar was a controversial man, the first director of the FBI with a colorful personal life and even fascinating professional one. This movie is based on his life and takes the audience back and forth in time between his early years in the justice department and the years during his tenure as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), until his death on May 2nd 1972. The film has a great storyline. It develops focusing on Hoover's career and his lifetime dedication to the FBI. For the most part, the movie is told from Hoover's perspective as he dictates his life story to a few different typists (Young FBI agents) because he felt that it was time for people to know the other side of the story. Hoover is presented as the hero of the story; at times, exaggerating his accomplishments. The tale portrays Hoover as a young dedicated patriot, perfectionist, dedicated to create order, with an obsession against communism, working his way up, overcoming challenges, accumulating power throughout the years, and later becoming one of the most powerful men in history of the United States. See more

Han W Nov 23, 2018 Not what you expect from Eastwood, this is a weird, dull bloated mess of a film. The makeup effects are so poor that it's almost impossible to take many scenes seriously and the whole film is lit terribly (presumably in a failed attempt to hide some of the make-up work). It's all such a poor standard, the actor playing Bobby Kennedy is so bad (what is that accent he sounds Chinese?!) that they pan to the name plate on his desk every scene he's in just to remind you who he's supposed to be. The story is all over the shop, jumping around to different times and places, implying lots of things but never being brave enough to stick to them. It's a failure, it really is. See more

Ron G Nov 12, 2018 This film was almost good.

Draco R Aug 25, 2018 2018-8-23 Too slow. I felt asleep twice XDDD J. Edgar Hoover was so paradox. And was twisted and painful all the time, awarely or not. See more

Hermione G Aug 17, 2018 This movie was straight up garbage no one can tell me otherwise.

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