Black Mass? More like Black Mess. This movie wasn’t just a story most of us couldn’t care less about; it was boring. It reminded me of American Hustle in that it was set in the same time period; it had a fantastic cast and, most importantly, the high expectations going in. This movie wasn’t as disappointing as American Hustle was, because it didn’t have the Oscar expectations going in that American Hustle did. Nonetheless, like the Christian Bale-led movie, I expected big things from this Johnny (Finding Neverland, Chocolat) endeavor. I don’t know if this movie was trying to be a combination of The Godfather, The Departed, and Public Enemies, but it didn’t succeed beyond making Depp look like an old Jack Nicholson. I liked seeing Depp outside of the quirky roles he has been performing as of late. And while he was pretty good, the movie was brought down, in part, by how boring his character was. Unlike American Hustle, in which the performances were good (yet still overrated), the performances in Black Mass were flat. A terrific cast is wasted here. It is a disappointing movie in every sense of the word.