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Review: J. Edgar

It’s all about the lead performances in this bio-pic of J.Edgar (Leonardo Dicaprio), who worked for and became director of the FBI from 1924 until 1972. The amount of information he gained on political powers in this time ensured his position in his role until the year he died. It focuses on his powerful reign using flashbacks of famous moments in his career as he dictates his stories to a number of junior investigators and reflects on his life. It also looks at the close personal and professional relationship he had with Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer).