IDiCaprio njengeHoover. Ngaphandle kokungxama kwe-PR ngaphezulu kobugqwirha malunga nokuba ngubani umdlali okhaliphileyo, othatha umngcipheko, kunye nendlela achithe ngayo iiyure ezintlanu esihlalweni sokuhombisa, umfanekiso kaLeonardo DiCaprio we-balding, sweaty, gristle-chewing, half-mad J. Edgar Hoover ngumdlalo odlala ngokudlala. J. Edgar , Ingxelo kaClint Eastwood ecaphukisayo yamandla ombane malunga ne-enigmatic, egomaniac yokuzenzela, owathi, njengomlawuli we-FBI, wagcina iMelika ingcangcazela luloyiko kangangesiqingatha senkulungwane phantsi kokuzenzisa kokuthand 'izwe, kukudana okude, okudinisayo nokungenampazamo.
Umnumzana Eastwood mdala kakhulu ukuba angajongana nobuntu obuyinkimbinkimbi; Akazi kwanto malunga nokuba kuthatha ntoni ukuguqula iziphene zomlinganiswa onxibayo inkwenkwe kamama ukuba ibe yinkosikazi yekhabethe enomdla njengeHoover. Kwaye zingaphi ii-prosthetics ekufuneka sizinyamezele ukubukela uLeonardo DiCaprio esenza indlela yakhe ngeendima ezinje ngoWoward Hughes kunye noFrank Sinatra noJay Gatsby abazayo-iindima angazifanelanga kwaphela kwaye ngenxa yoko ulahlekile. Okwangoku, sinokunye okungalunganga kwifilimu engenagazi malunga nesilo esibuhlungu ngakumbi kunokuba siyingozi, kunye nomdlalo ongacacanga wokudlala ngokungahambisani nombhali ophumelele u-Oscar uDustin Lance Black ( Ubisi ) ezityhutyha yonke indawo zingenakukwazi ukubalisa ibali nangaluphi na uhlobo lokulandelelana okubalisayo. Akunjalo J. Edgar ngumboniso bhanyabhanya ombi kangako. (Ayiyo Melancholia Kodwa iyadika kwaye ayisebenzi. Akukho nto inomdla emva kwayo.
Ukusukela kwiintsuku zakhe zokuqala kwiSebe lezoBulungisa de kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-1972 eneminyaka engama-77 ubudala, imovie yayixhomeke kakhulu kwimbiza kaMax Factor ukubonisa inkwenkwe, ikerubhi uMnu. DiCaprio kwisigaba ngasinye sobomi obunempikiswano. Ezinye iinyani ngumcimbi wokurekhodwa eluntwini. Ebizwa nguCalvin Coolidge njengomlawuli wesithandathu woko kwakubizwa ngokuba yi-Bureau of Investigation, uJ. Edgar waphakama wazukisa kwaye ngo-1935 wonyulwa liGqwetha Jikelele lase-United States uHarlan Fiske Stone (uKen Howard) njengomlawuli wokuqala we-FBI esandul isikhundla awayecinga ukuba sesobomi bonke. Kwiminyaka engama-36 elandelayo wenza yonke imigaqo, wenza uMgaqo-siseko, wabhengeza imfazwe kuyo yonke into angayithandiyo kwii-Bolshevik radicals ukuya kuMartin Luther King, wabuyisela umva inkqubela phambili yamalungelo oluntu, wasebenzisa amandla ukunyothula wonke umntu owayekrokrelwa, kwaye wabanjwa Abantu abangama-4,000 xa wayeneminyaka engama-24 kuphela ubudala. Ewe, waqala itekhnoloji yokulwa ulwaphulo-mthetho, kubandakanya iminwe, ukubamba ngocingo kunye neelebhu zangaphambili. Kodwa wasebenzisa iFBI. ukoyikisa abantu abadumileyo kunye noluntu, ukuhlukumeza abezopolitiko, kunye nokuqokelela ngokufihlakeleyo iifayile zobungqina kunye nokuva ngokuchasene nabo bonke abaphathi behlokondiba ukuya kuMarilyn Monroe. Ngobuhlanya obunomona, wagxotha abasebenzi ngemfundo enesidima kunye neewotshi ezingabizi kakhulu kwaye wonakalisa imisebenzi yabameli bokunyanzeliswa komthetho ababa ngamagorha kwii-tabloids, ezinje nge-Melvin Purvis yaseChicago, indoda eyalandela yabulala uJohn Dillinger ngelixa uHoover ethatha konke ikhredithi kwaye yamqhubela ekubeni azibulale ngo-1960. Uthambile urhwaphilizo, imovie ayichukumisi kwaphela kwezi zibakala kwaye uyala ukuthatha indawo kwiindlela ezininzi azibonakalise engumhanahanisi omkhulu. Ngelixa ranting ubandlululo lokuthandana kwabantu besini esinye ngokuchasene nesini, wayeyindoda ethandana nabantu abathandana nabobufanasini eyayiqhubeka nokuthandana ngasese kunye nosekela usekela uFBI. umlawuli uClyde Tolson (edlalwe kamnandi ngu-Armie Hammer, owayevela njengeentshaba zikaMark Zuckerberg ezintle Inethiwekhi yokuNxibelelana ). Ayinakwahlulwa, la madoda mabini aboniswa encamisa ixesha elinye kuphela kubudlelwane babo beminyaka engama-40, kulandela ukubethana ngenqindi phantsi xa uHoover wabhengeza ukuba uza kutshata noDorothy Lamour. Ngaphandle kokubhalwa kweakhawunti yokuzibonela yemfihlo kaHoover yokunxiba umnqamlezo, evuselelwa ngumama wakhe owomeleleyo, olawulayo (uJudi Dench, engenasiphoso kwakhona), utyhilwa ebuza enxibe isacholo sikanina nesinxibo sakhe sesilika esifubeni sakhe kube kanye, emva kokubhubha kwakhe. (Abasebenzi be-FBI emva kwakhe bathi nguJ. Edna Hoover.)1 Mbini
