Black Mass
Keep your enemies close.
Keep your enemies close.
Crime, Drama, History
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2015
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The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
4 Sep 2015
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$53,000,000
Revenue:
$98,837,872
Awards:
6 wins & 24 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It's as if the spirit of a psychopath like Bulger resists the camera. Or maybe the movie isn't imaginative enough to penetrate his shell.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
18 Sep 2015
fresh:
Depp's performance as Bulger is as strong, and as energized, as anything he's done on screen for years.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
18 Sep 2015
fresh:
The role is Depp's best in many years, and a welcome respite from the parade of prancing pseudo-villains-Mortdecai, the Wolf, Barnabas Collins, Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka-to which he has devoted far too much of his career.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
19 Sep 2015
rotten:
How much longer must we subscribe, as moviegoers, to the sentimental brotherhood of violence?
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
21 Sep 2015
rotten:
Black Mass... can't figure Whitey out. Developments that seem important come and go without their mark on the man being clear.
– Alison Willmore,
BuzzFeed News,
10 Nov 2015