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J. Edgar
. Edgar is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, from a script by Dustin Lance Black.
The film focus on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) from the Palmer Raids (1919-20) onwards, including an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted (and chaste) homosexual.
It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Damon Herriman, Ed Westwick and Jeffrey Donovan. J. Edgar opened the AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles on November 3, 2011, and it is set to be released limited on November 9 and wide on November 11.
Reviews for J. Edgar have been mixed with many critics commenting favorably on DiCaprio's performance but feeling that, overall, the film lacks coherence. As of November 8, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a "fresh" score of 81% based on eleven reviews from the "Top Critics," yet it still retains a "rotten" 46% when including the other 15 reviews.
Peter Debruge of Variety gave the film a mixed review, stating, "Any movie in which the longtime FBI honcho features as the central character must supply some insight into what made him tick, or suffer from the reality that the Bureau's exploits were far more interesting than the bureaucrat who ran it -- a dilemma J. Edgar never rises above."
J. Edgar has engendered speculation as to how Hoover and Tolson's rumored homosexuality will be portrayed on-screen. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Eastwood was asked if the script "addresses reports by former FBI employees that Hoover was a cross-dresser and perhaps a closeted homosexual". Eastwood seemed to indicate not, responding that he was drawn to the script because it "didn't quite go down that road".
Charlize Theron, who was originally rumored to be playing Helen Gandy, has confirmed that she was not participating in the project. Watch movies online without downloading in full strength.
The film focus on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) from the Palmer Raids (1919-20) onwards, including an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted (and chaste) homosexual.
It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Damon Herriman, Ed Westwick and Jeffrey Donovan. J. Edgar opened the AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles on November 3, 2011, and it is set to be released limited on November 9 and wide on November 11.
Reviews for J. Edgar have been mixed with many critics commenting favorably on DiCaprio's performance but feeling that, overall, the film lacks coherence. As of November 8, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a "fresh" score of 81% based on eleven reviews from the "Top Critics," yet it still retains a "rotten" 46% when including the other 15 reviews.
Peter Debruge of Variety gave the film a mixed review, stating, "Any movie in which the longtime FBI honcho features as the central character must supply some insight into what made him tick, or suffer from the reality that the Bureau's exploits were far more interesting than the bureaucrat who ran it -- a dilemma J. Edgar never rises above."
J. Edgar has engendered speculation as to how Hoover and Tolson's rumored homosexuality will be portrayed on-screen. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Eastwood was asked if the script "addresses reports by former FBI employees that Hoover was a cross-dresser and perhaps a closeted homosexual". Eastwood seemed to indicate not, responding that he was drawn to the script because it "didn't quite go down that road".
Charlize Theron, who was originally rumored to be playing Helen Gandy, has confirmed that she was not participating in the project. Watch movies online without downloading in full strength.
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