Certificate
15
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
New York Post - DiCaprio may well receive a Best Actor Oscar for his tour de force as the conflicted FBI director -- greatly abetted by Hammer (who played the Winklevoss twins in "THE SOCIAL NETWORKö) in his first major role as the flamboyant but frustrated Tolson., Los Angeles Times - J. EDGAR is a somber, enigmatic, darkly fascinating tale, and how could it be otherwise?, Chicago Sun-Times - As a period biopic, J. EDGAR is masterful. Few films span seven decades this comfortably., The New York Times - Mr. Eastwood doesn't just shift between Hoover's past and present, his intimate life and popular persona, he also puts them into dialectic play, showing repeatedly how each informed the other.
Consumer Advice
Contains infrequent strong language
Additional Information
Acclaimed actor Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood's richly detailed biopic exploring the life and career of controversial FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. For nearly 50 years, Hoover (DiCaprio) fought crime as one of the most powerful law enforcers in America. During Hoover's extended stint as Director of the FBI, however, his penchant for bending the law in the name of seeking justice and using the secrets of high profile leaders to gain personal leverage won him just as many supporters as detractors. Little did many other than his loyal colleague Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) and faithful secretary Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts) know, however, that Hoover himself was a man with many secrets to hide. Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, and Stephen Root co-star in film written by Oscar-winning Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black.
Movie/TV Title
J. Edgar
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Dustin Black
Cinematographer
Tom Stern
Editor
Gary D. Roach, Joel Cox
