

J. Edgar
The most powerful man in the world.
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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6.2/10
2,663 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $84.6M
- Language
- English
- fbi
- biography
- historical figure
- lgbt
- gay theme
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical20 Jan 2012
United StatesUS
- PremiereAFI Film Festival3 Nov 2011
- Theatrical (limited)9 Nov 2011
- TheatricalR11 Nov 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1520 Jan 2012
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PremiereDubai International Film Festival8 Dec 2011
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM7 Dec 2011
CanadaCA
- Theatrical11 Nov 2011
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires23 Jan 2012
- Theatrical26 Jan 2012
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1811 Jan 2012
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1227 Jan 2012
ChileCL
- Theatrical19 Jan 2012
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival23 Apr 2012
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical27 Jan 2012
Frequently asked questions
J. Edgar was released on 9 November 2011.
Audience reviews
2- R6/10
r96sk
2/12/2022
A bit of a bore, is <em>'J. Edgar'</em>. Leonardo DiCaprio puts in a very good performance as the titular character and his co-stars are all solid, but I just found the way that the story is told to be lacklustre. There aren't, at least for me, any memorable scenes and I wasn't invested in the plot at any point really. It's semi-watchable, but goes on for too long to be passably so. It does, as noted, have a ne…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
My only real complaint about Leonardo DiCaprio is that he looks like, well, Leonardo DiCaprio and that is a shame given that given that he doesn't play Lenardo DiCaprio, he plays whoever the script says he is and we all think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread because of that. Except in J. Edgar where, for the first real time, DiCaprio doesn't look like DiCaprio, he looks a lot like the cross-dressing fasc…
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