J. Edgar

DramaCrimeHistory
Overview : 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.
Budget : 35000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 137 min
Release Date : 2011-11-09
Imdb ID : tt1616195
Status : Released

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

Geoff Pierson
Mitchell Palmer

Gunner Wright
Dwight Eisenhower

Dermot Mulroney
Colonel Schwarzkopf

Kaitlyn Dever
Palmer's Daughter

Adam Driver
Walter Lyle

Ed Westwick
Agent Smith

Jessica Hecht
Emma Goldman

Denis O'Hare
Albert Osborne

Lea Thompson
Lela Rogers

Damon Herriman
Bruno Hauptmann

Sadie Calvano
Edgar's Niece

Amanda Schull
Anita Colby

Roberta Bassin
Roosevelt's Secretary

Emily Alyn Lind
Shirley Temple

Barbara Keegan
Bombing Witness

Gerald Downey
FBI Agent

Jeffrey Donovan
Robert Kennedy

Geoff Stults
Raymond Caffrey

Thomas Langston
Young Boy

Lea Coco
Agent Sisk

Aaron Lazar
Prosecutor Wilentz

Cheryl Lawson
Palmer's Wife

Brady Matthews
Inspector

David A. Cooper
Franklin Roosevelt

Kelly Lester
Head Secretary

Jack Donner
Edgar's Father

Dylan Burns
Hoover as a Child

Jack Axelrod
Caminetti

Michael James Faradie
Bureau Agent (1919)

Josh Stamberg
Agent Stokes

Christian Clemenson
Inspector Schell

Billy Smith
Secret Service Officer

Ken Howard
Harlan Fiske Stone

Zach Grenier
John Condon

Johnny Cicco
Young Agent

Steve Monroe
Restaurant Host

Stephen Root
Arthur Koehler

Gary Werntz
Attorney General

David Clennon
Senator Friendly

Michael O'Neill
Senator McKellar

Eric Larkin
Fred Hunter

Eric Frentzel
William Mahan

Kyle Eastwood
Stork Club Band

Gregory Hoyt
Agent One

Jenny Phagan
Baker's Wife

Chris Caputo
Bronx Baker

Shannon McClain Robertson
African American Woman (as Shannon McClain)

Leslie Augustine
Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)

Jennipher Foster
Lucille Ball (uncredited)

Belinda Gosbee
Gangster's Moll (uncredited)

Elizabeth Karr
Secretary (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)

Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jamie Noel
Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)

Miles Fisher
Agent Garrison

Robert Fleet
Edgar's Mother's Doctor

Emily Banks
Radical Citizen (uncredited)

Scot Carlisle
Agent Williams

Ryan McPartlin
Lawrence Richey

Taylor Tunes
Film Premier Attendee (uncredited)

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Reviews

r96sk
A 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, any memorable scenes and I wasn't invested in the plot at any point really. It's semi-watchable, but goes on for too long to be passably so. It does, as noted, have a neat cast list, with Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench, among others, involved behind DiCaprio. I think they all give their best, with any issues I have with this 2011 release being away from them. Two duds in a row to start the 2010s from Mr. Eastwood; in my humble opinion, of course.
GenerationofSwine
My 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 since sliced bread because of that. Except in J. Edgar where, for the first real time, DiCaprio doesn't look like DiCaprio, he looks a lot like the cross-dressing fascist he's portraying. And being Leo, he acts like him too. THANK YOU. For once the studio didn't bank on his face and it paid out. So we not only get to see Leo acting the part, but for the first time we get to really see him looking the part too and the last time he did that was in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." And on top of it all we have Clint Eastwood directing and, honestly, not a fan of him as an actor, love him as a director. Given his politics I walked in thinking Right Wing Love Story...I walked out with "honest depiction" and that helps a lot. Not only does that help, but the scandal around Hoover's sexuality was done appropriately, that is to say it didn't take center stage, J. Edgar did...and, as I said, you were watching J. Edgar and not Leo doing his best to be the man while having to still look like himself. it's just a win all around...except it could have benefited for time. Trim it down a bit. I know he's hugely important to history and Eastwood is a great director with a great cast but...it got a bit long in the tooth at places and that hurt the flow of the film.

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