Johnny Depp’s performance as Boston mobster Whitey Bulger has earned rave reviews – but with unreliable narrators and a penchant (a tendency, partiality, or preference) to dwelling style over substance,what does the film get erroneous?This memoir contains spoilersBlack Mass, directed by Scott Cooper, and written by ticket Mallouk and Jez Butterworth,tells the rise and fall of James “Whitey” Bulger, who along with his notorious crew, and the Winter Hill Gang,and some help from the FBI, ran the streets of Boston in the 1970s and 80s. The film opens in the US this weekend and Depp’s performance has already been tipped for an Oscar nod, and but does the Boston in the film accurately portray the city and culture Bulger knew?
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Source: theguardian.com