My Name Is Bulger

Name: My Name Is Bulger
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 17, 2021
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Bill Bulger, James 'Whitey' Bulger

2021

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Discovery+ | Release Date (Streaming): June 17, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bill Bulger, James 'Whitey' Bulger

Summary: Bill Bulger, now 85, was State Senate President for almost 20 years in Massachusetts. His older brother James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a Boston gangster who was murdered in prison on October 30th 2018, aged 89. My Name Is Bulger weaves its way through the stories of both brothers and their respective rises and falls. Featuring intimateBill Bulger, now 85, was State Senate President for almost 20 years in Massachusetts. His older brother James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a Boston gangster who was murdered in prison on October 30th 2018, aged 89. My Name Is Bulger weaves its way through the stories of both brothers and their respective rises and falls. Featuring intimate interviews with family and an exclusive conversation with James Bulger’s girlfriend and partner, Catherine Greig, the film strips away the hysteria of daily print headlines and nightly news bulletins to unfold the story of a unique American family who crave to be judged for who they are and what they’ve done, not what their infamous relative did.… Expand

Director: Brendan J. Byrne

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Mark Feeney

Jun 17, 2021

The most remarkable thing about Brendan J. Byrne’s documentary — for anyone who’s followed Bill Bulger’s career it’s shocking, really — is the degree of cooperation Byrne got from the Bulger family for this joint portrayal of the two brothers. It started out as a profile of Bill, Byrne says, but he quickly realized he couldn’t tell the story of the younger brother without also telling the story of the older. Read full review

John Anderson

Jun 17, 2021

Mr. Bulger does a fine enough job defending his own legacy, being, at age 87, a still-charismatic figure and one who refuses to condemn his brother, or even concede that the family knew everything about its black sheep’s nefarious career. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Jun 17, 2021

The “nothing to see here” focus gives the homey-feeling film the whiff of a sanctioned production. Read full review

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