Top billed cast

1. 

   Leonardo DiCaprio

   John Edgar Hoover

2. 

   Armie Hammer

   Clyde Tolson

3. 

   Naomi Watts

   Helen Gandy

4. 

   Josh Lucas

   Charles Lindbergh

5. 

   Josh Hamilton

   Robert Irwin

6. 

   Judi Dench

   Anna Marie Hoover

7. 

   Geoff Pierson

   Mitchell Palmer

8. 

   Gunner Wright

   Dwight Eisenhower

9. 

   Dermot Mulroney

   Colonel Schwarzkopf

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Reviews

A review by r96sk

Written by r96sk on 2022-02-12

A bit of a bore, is 'J. Edgar'.

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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$84,606,030.00

Keywords

• fbi
• biography
• historical figure
• lgbt
• gay theme