J. Edgar (2011) Online-Streaming-

Eastwood's prim, respectful biography presents Hoover in turn as a muddy political metaphor, a lesson in self-mythologizing, and a case history in repression, but never particularly as a man.. For all its virtues -- or, perhaps, because of them -- J. Edgar is a disappointment.. Usually the tautest of directors, Clint Eastwood has gone all slack here, allowing his subject to get completely away from him.. It's gratifying to see an old bully outed as a hypocrite, but by distracting us from bigger ...

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