Review of Black Mass (2015) by Lou Lumenick for New York Post — 16 Sep 2015
While highly entertaining and sometimes inspired, Black Mass is more like Scorsese lite. In perhaps the most memorable sequence, Bulger sardonically tests a childhood friend (Joel Edgerton) for loyalty by teasing out a “secret” steak sauce in what’s basically a reworking/homage of Joe Pesci’s famous “I’m funny, how?” scene in “GoodFellas.
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This review of Black Mass (2015) was written by Lou Lumenick and published by New York Post on 16 Sep 2015.
Black Mass has generally received positive reviews.
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