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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

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

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2011

Produced by

Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Wintergreen Productions

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

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
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

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Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

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Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)James Rocchi J. Edgar represents a low point no Eastwood aficionado can ignore.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert As a period biopic, J. Edgar is masterful.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs As it stands, J. Edgar is ultimately hurt by not knowing what information and storytelling needed the most focus.

Metacritic.com42 critics

RottenTomatoes.com199 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 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.

Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics <img src=http://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-138913.jpg?score=60>

Movie Review Intelligence (USA)51 critics

Internet (IMDB)9142 Netizens Image control

Average .. 56%

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