J. Edgar

Slow pacing hinders this superbly acted, grayed-out, nonlinear, factually inspired, star-studded (Jeffrey Donovan, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Stephen Root, and Ken Howard) Clint Eastwood biopic that chronicles the illustrative, infamous, 48-year career of paranoid, regimented, colorful, and fascinating FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (Leonard DiCaprio) from 1919 to his death in 1972 and his relationships with his mother (Judi Dench), longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), his steadfast secretary (Naomi Watts), and his agents (Josh Stamberg, Ed Westwick, Gerald Downey, Lea Coco, et al.).
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