Day 171 - J. Edgar (American)

"The film opens with J. Edgar Hoover in his office during his later years. He asks that a writer, known as Agent Smith, be let in, so that he may tell the story of the origin of the FBI for the sake of the public. Hoover explains that the story begins in 1919, when A. Mitchell Palmer was Attorney General and Hoover's boss at the Justice Department. Palmer suffers an assassination attempt, but is unharmed when the bomb explodes earlier than intended. Hoover recalls that the police handling of the crime scene was primitive, and that it was that night that he recognized the importance of criminal science. Later, Hoover visits his mother, Anna Marie, and tells her that Palmer has put him in charge of a new anti-radical division, and that he has already begun compiling a list of suspected radicals"

Leonardo DiCaprio has grown as a actor, it is evident when I saw him play Hoover so well. He makes the character on screen seem so real that at times you may believe he was the real hoover if he wasn't Leo. Clint Eastwood's direction was great, he made the film and the characters actions flow nicely making everything seem genuine even the cross dressing scene. The other actors could have been better and I would like to praise the screenwriter Dustin Lance Black for making such an interesting script. I enjoyed the film and I recommend it to those that want to know more about the FBI's and Hoover's beginning as well a Clint Eastwood film.


3/5