J. Edgar

The Most Powerful Man in the World

Clint Eastwood's latest biopic takes a look at the life of J. Edgar Hoover, who built and ran the FBI for 50 years. A complex individual, he amassed secret dossiers on everyone of note, and used this to secure his position and influence as presidents came and went. His public persona, however, was very different to what happened behind closed doors.

137 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13.
Biographical, Crime, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Ken Howard
Director	Clint Eastwood
Screenplay	Dustin Lance Black
Music	Clint Eastwood
Cinematography	Tom Stern
Editing	Joel Cox, Gary Roach
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2011
Produced by	Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Wintergreen Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Biography, drama
Language	Infrequent, mild
Nudity	None
Sex	Mildly implied
Violence	Infrequent, mild, brief (in context)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith	5
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz 'Edgar' die swakker pyl in Clint se koker.	10
Box Office James Rocchi J. Edgar represents a low point no Eastwood aficionado can ignore.	1
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert As a period biopic, J. Edgar is masterful.	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs As it stands, J. Edgar is ultimately hurt by not knowing what information and storytelling needed the most focus.	10
Metacritic.com 42 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 199 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	9
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
Movie Review Intelligence 51 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 9142 Netizens Image control	14
Average .. 52%	10