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"As Connolly’s wife her role is small (that’s the case for all of the women in the film, sadly—Juno Temple and Dakota Johnson both shine in even tinier roles.)"
"Female roles are well cast too with a fine Dakota Johnson, touching in a hospital scene with ex-husband Bulger as they show angst over the grave illness of their young son."
"A scene early on in Black Mass illustrates criminal James “Whitey” Bulger’s warped worldview—one where blind “loyalty” and a perverse sense of justice supersedes all else. He’s seated at the breakfast table with his girlfriend (Dakota Johnson, superb as usual) and their young boy, who can’t be more than nine. "
"Mallouk and Butterworth’s script introduces some satisfyingly nasty twinges and shocks. The one moment in Whitey’s life which should make us almost sympathetic is when his son becomes gravely ill after contracting a fever and being put on life support; his tormented wife Lindsey (a brief role for Dakota Johnson) says she is ready to “pull the plug”."
"The one thing Bulger can't control relates to his only child, a six-year-old boy who dies from an allergic reaction to an injection. He breaks down and argues with his wife (Dakota Johnson), after which we never see her again; maybe we don't want to know what happened to her."
"The film boasts a lot of very vivid and colourful acting. Bulger's Boston is a man's world but Dakota Johnson (in a role a long way from 50 Shades) is affecting as Bulger's long-suffering wife while Juno Temple registers very strongly in a tiny cameo as a hooker. In its storytelling, Black Mass opts for a linear approach. It is as predictable as any old fashioned morality tale."
"Of the female characters, Dakota Johnson’s Lindsey – Whitey’s young wife – gets the most screen time, before she disappears from the scene, but even she is only of use to Whitey as the carer and nurturer of the little man he hopes to raise in his image."
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