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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 74%, Metacritic 68/100. Every source lands within 6 points of the others, across 3,700 audience votes. Scores higher than 71% of the 6,965 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic68/100
3,670 audience votes
Key crew
- Scott CooperDirector
- Jez ButterworthScreenplay
- Mark MalloukScreenplay
- Tom HolkenborgOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Johnny DeppJames 'Whitey' Bulger
- Joel EdgertonJohn Connolly
- Julianne NicholsonMarianne Connolly
- Dakota JohnsonLindsey Cyr
- Kevin BaconFBI Agent Charles McGuire
- Benedict CumberbatchBilly Bulger
- Peter SarsgaardBrian Halloran
- Juno TempleDeborah Hussey
- Jesse PlemonsKevin Weeks
- David HarbourJohn Morris
- Adam ScottFBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
- Corey StollFred Wyshak
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Themes
prostitutecorruptionboston, massachusettsgangsterfbisenatorbased on true storyirish mobbeaten to deathpay phonemurderorganized crime
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