Leo DiCaprio becomes Philip Seymour Hoffman as J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's award-season pic of the year. Some nice acting performances, but all in all felt much too overlong and DULL. The nuances of Hoover's life are treated very delicately and subtly, which is fine, but it didn't deliver much as far as emotional punch. It's difficult to make such an asshole seem sympathetic, but it at least succeeds in that regard (blame it on the parents).2.5 wire-taps out of 5
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