Aside from a few negative reviews here and there, Johnny Depp and "Black Mass" are receiving a generally positive reception from critics in the movie industry. One "critic," however, is most obviously not a fan.
The real life gangster James "Whitey" Bulger hasn't seen "Black Mass" thanks to his consecutive life sentence prison terms. But he won't bother to watch it even if it does find its way to his Florida prison. Bulger, 85, conveyed his displeasure with the depiction to People Magazine through his lawyer Hank Brennen.
"Johnny Depp might as well have been playing the Mad Hatter all over again as far as James Bulger is concerned, Brennan said. Bulger repeatedly refused to communicate in anyway with Depp during the filming of the movie.
"Hollywood greed is behind the rush to portray my client, and the movie missed the real scourge created in my client's case, the real menace to Boston during that time and in other mob cases around the country - the federal government's complicity in each and every one of those murders with the top echelon informant program."
Bulger's former associates, who have seen the movie, say it's far from an accurate retelling.
"We really did kill those people," Kevin Weeks, Bulger's former "right-hand man" said to The Daily Beast. Outside of that, he says it's a "fantasy." Weeks is portrayed by Jesse Plemons ("Breaking Bad," "Friday Night Lights").
"The only resemblance to Whitey's character was the hairline. The funny thing is, Whitey's look didn't really change at all, just his clothes. It's like we were stuck in a time warp. And the mannerisms - the way that Whitey talked to us - he never swore at us. In all the years I was with that man, he never swore at me once. We never yelled at each other."
