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Plot Summary
Same Day As Theaters. The true story of Whitey Bulger, inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character in Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED. From Academy Award-nominated documentarian Joe Berlinger (the PARADISE LOST trilogy) comes the shocking true crime story of infamous gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Number 2 on America's Most Wanted list after Osama Bin Laden, Bulger tormented the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor. Bulger was a monster, murdering over a dozen known victims, but did the FBI and local law enforcement give his reign of terror over South Boston a free pass? With shocking, never-before-seen evidence, Whitey shines new light on this still-evolving, gripping case.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
77%- Reviews Counted: 39
- Fresh: 30
- Rotten: 9
- Average Rating: 6.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Gripping and troubling ...
Fresh: "Whitey" emerges as yet another of Berlinger's gripping, irony-laced snapshots of the American criminal justice system ...
Fresh: Joe Berlinger's densely detailed new documentary about the legendary Boston mobster is disturbing on so many levels it's hard not to wonder why Bulger was the only one on trial.
Rotten: Bulger remains frustratingly opaque.
Customer Reviews
It's just okay
I enjoyed watching this documentary. It does a good job of laying out the prosecution of Bulger, but tends to get too caught up in a larger conspiracy theory, which is based upon a lot of speculation and people's beliefs. It's the lack of factual support for the larger conspiracy where this documentary lost me.
Cutting & Powerful
Whitey: The United States of America VS Whitey Bulger
The federal government- in all it's facets, is prescribed policy, procedural rules and laws which it must comply with in how it conducts it's operations while fulfilling it's purpose to the American people. When allegations arise that it has wondered from that prescript, it has an opportunity to redress and responsibility to amend its wrongs. This film's proposition of a heavy government conspiracy- be it from perpetrators or victim advocates, may seem like tale spin, but not one that's hard to sell. The DOJ & FBI's unwillingness to answer heavy questions accompanied with the fact that it didn't actively pursue cases with a strong potential for conviction definitely proves there is more than what meets the eye here. I personally beg the question of how
ANY FBI agent can, over the course of 20 some years, have a significant number of friends, family members, and colleagues either investigated, imprisoned, executed or missing and continue to hold the same title and in the same district. One thing that can't be denied here, whether it's allegations being true or not, if the gov't admitted some knowledge that it knew Bulger was the usual suspect, there'd be a lot of law suits, hefty settlements, other persons being sentenced to long prison terms,
Great job… why not SELL IT
I really liked this… and would watch it multiple times… why not sell it? why is it only for rent?
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- Genre: Independent
- Expected Release: Oct 14, 2014
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