"The most affecting performance of the lot comes from Naomi Watts as Helen Gandy, Hoover's personal assistant during all his years at the FBI and keeper and destroyer of his personal files. Watts gives the most convincing performance and throughout the film offers a character with the most questions to be asked. Just who was this woman that dedicated her entire life to her career, was never married and stuck by Hoover until the end? The film doesn't care to answer these questions, but perhaps Watts' performance was never meant to outshine everyone else."
J. Edgar' Review (2011)
By: Brad Brevet, RopeOfSilicon
3 comments:
Thank you for Naomi.
Hope she can work with Clint Eastwood again on a bigger role.
“.......the woman that ages particularly well, in appearance as well as performance, is Naomi Watts. This beautiful Brit is perfect as Helen Gandy, a young secretary at the Bureau of Investigation that rejects Hoover’s advances, but remains a friend and his secretary throughout his life. A sense of tireless loyalty imbues her performance, leading her to cross over to the dark side to defend Hoover after his death.”
- Bernie Jablonsk, ENews Park Forest
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