Review of J. Edgar (2011) by Jordan M — 22 May 2013

I kind of liked this film, but it felt like a big mess to me. DiCaprio's performance carries the film, but I feel was a great film trying to get out amidst all the clutter. It works best as a biopic centering on the personal life of Hoover, but unfortunately there are simply too many weird edits cutting to either present time, the kidnapping, or the development of the FBI in general.

A better film would of resulted if the film focused on the personal life, but was complemented by the other subjects. Instead, it was really uneven and broke up its own momentum countless times. Clyde's makeup job was absolutely brutal.

He looked like something out of an 80's monster film.