A soulless prestige picture so dimly photographed it belies a deserved self-embarrassment. Black's screenplay is like a series of note cards filmed by actors who should have known better. I wouldn't even subject high school history students to this on a teacher sick day.
This review of J. Edgar (2011) was written by Larissa P on 16 Nov 2014.
J. Edgar has generally received mixed reviews.
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