Barbershop Movie Review: J Edgar

THE BARBERSHOP
MOVIE REVIEW
This week's reviewed movie is:
J. Edgar

GENE	SNICK	GORDY

J. EDGAR
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They did an outstanding job of filming J. Edgar Hoover's position as chief of the F.B.I., from beginning to his death in 1972. For some a hero, for others a devil. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hoover, capturing the essence of a man who justified his lust for power by imagining that he had to protect the public from what he deemed to be threats. If you're not a fan, the film can be confusing. I suspect it's going to divide audiences, but I really liked it. I'm an easy touch and buff for any true crime story I grew up with.	When it comes to the F.B.I., Hoover literally wrote the book. But how much is true? Rich in period detail, and masterfully directed by Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar is told in a series of flashbacks while Hoover is dictating his "biography." This movie may not answer all your questions about this power hungry, paranoid mama's boy, but it will open your eyes to new ones.	Director Clint Eastwood follows a trail, with extreme care, of J. Edgar Hoover's life from childhood in Washington D.C., through his raising to power in the 1920s, his 50-year supreme rule over the F.B.I. and his death in 1972. Historians have found no definitive facts about Hoover's private life. Many people think he was the second most powerful man in government under the administrations of eightpresidents ending with Nixon.

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