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Black Mass spins a gripping yarn out of its fact-based story -- and leaves audiences with one of Johnny Depp's most compelling performances in years.
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Depp has never been short on menace, and he is so unpleasant as Bulger that his usual gangster charm never kicks in, leaving the audience cold. Dec 1, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Depp has never been short on menace, and he is so unpleasant as Bulger that his usual gangster charm never kicks in, leaving the audience cold.
Kate Muir
A compendium of dull gangster shenanigans which shirks hard reality at every turn. Nov 23, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A compendium of dull gangster shenanigans which shirks hard reality at every turn.
Vadim Rizov
Black Mass... can't figure Whitey out. Developments that seem important come and go without their mark on the man being clear. Nov 10, 2015
Black Mass... can't figure Whitey out. Developments that seem important come and go without their mark on the man being clear.
Alison Willmore
[Depp] is evidently having a fine time - and if his aim is to make our flesh creep, from his perspective at least Black Mass must be reckoned a success. Oct 7, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[Depp] is evidently having a fine time - and if his aim is to make our flesh creep, from his perspective at least Black Mass must be reckoned a success.
Jake Wilson
How much longer must we subscribe, as moviegoers, to the sentimental brotherhood of violence? Sep 21, 2015 | Full Review…
How much longer must we subscribe, as moviegoers, to the sentimental brotherhood of violence?
Anthony Lane
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. Sep 19, 2015 | Full Review…
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
It makes for a bleak view of humanity dressed up in tacky 70s clothes and some of the worst hairstyles ever committed to film. But if you're a fan of gangster movies and/or Depp, Black Mass is the best dose you're going to get this year. Jan 10, 2020 | Full Review…
It makes for a bleak view of humanity dressed up in tacky 70s clothes and some of the worst hairstyles ever committed to film. But if you're a fan of gangster movies and/or Depp, Black Mass is the best dose you're going to get this year.
Chris McCoy
Overall, Black Mass is an engaging, nail-biting thriller with [Johnny] Depp's best performance in years. Nov 18, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Overall, Black Mass is an engaging, nail-biting thriller with [Johnny] Depp's best performance in years.
Katie Smith-Wong
Johnny Depp clocks in for a remarkably terrifying and charmingly sinister performance in an indifferent entry to the gangster film genre: Black Mass. Nov 13, 2019 | Rating: 7.3/10 | Full Review…
Johnny Depp clocks in for a remarkably terrifying and charmingly sinister performance in an indifferent entry to the gangster film genre: Black Mass.
Brandon Davis
While it may not get a top grade, Black Mass is still a must-see for the cinematic partnership of Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Oct 16, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
While it may not get a top grade, Black Mass is still a must-see for the cinematic partnership of Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Leslie Combemale
'Black Mass' walks in a very entertaining way between the work of its director - the sensational sequences of violence - and its actors. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 11, 2019 | Full Review…
'Black Mass' walks in a very entertaining way between the work of its director - the sensational sequences of violence - and its actors. [Full Review in Spanish]
Alberto Abuín
It's an enthralling true story, and Depp's entire support cast, Edgerton in particular, are worthy of a ticket in themselves. Aug 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's an enthralling true story, and Depp's entire support cast, Edgerton in particular, are worthy of a ticket in themselves.
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