Black Mass Whitey Bulger in Film vs. Book

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2015)

Great performances by all actors involved. I think the director did an incredible job shooting the film and loved to see the local places on the North Shore outside of Boston where they also filmed scenes from American Hustle.
I've read the book Black Mass and other books on Whitey Bulger, but I found that the books gave a more accurate portrait of Bulger than the film. I also wondered if the movie would be as easy to follow without reading the books and having some background knowledge on the events in the film.
The film scratched the surface of just some of the crimes that Bulger and the Winter Hill gang committed. I was also surprised at the prominence that Whitey's son and his death was given in the film, as it was not talked about much in the books. I'm guessing this was done to dramatize the story and make it more cinematic.
There is a lot more to Bulger's story and the heinous crimes he committed than was shown on the screen.