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The Departed (2006)
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Reviews Counted:228
Fresh:211
Rotten:17
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: The Departed is a thoroughly engrossing gangster drama with the gritty authenticity and soupy morality that has infused director Martin Scorceses past triumphs. Featuring outstanding work from an excellent cast that includes Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon, some critics say the film even tops its source material (the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs). The Departedmarks a triumphant return to form for Scorsese; it's his best-reviewed film since GoodFellas.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hr. 30 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $132.3M
Synopsis: In South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime, young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Director: Martin Scorsese
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REVIEWS FOR THE DEPARTED
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Jul 6, 2010
The film is superbly shot, and the rapid-fire editing and shaky camera fit the constant flux that the main characters find themselves in time and again.
Sep 19, 2009
You must understand farce before you can understand tragedy, and Scorsese understands both
Aug 28, 2009
Much splat, little art
Jul 23, 2009
Scorsese isn’t about plots; he’s about people, places, and times, and until he departs from that, this film is a return to genius.
Apr 23, 2009
One of the year’s very best and most exciting films.
Nov 20, 2008
Scorsese has made an incredible cover version of the original, imbued with every ounce of his artistic personality transforming it into something both familiar and new.
Apr 18, 2008
The Departed heralds Martin Scorsese's return to the top of his game and simultaneously secures for the film a place in the pantheon of the very best of American crime cinema. Welcome back to Scorsese's mean streets.
Feb 28, 2008
The story rattles along at such a lick there's little time to ponder the plot holes -- no mean feat in a film of this length and with so many fine actors competing for our attention.
Feb 20, 2008
... a fantastically entertaining crime thriller, crackling with energy from beginning to end. ... But Nicholson's outrageous over-acting becomes a distraction.
Sep 21, 2007
Scorsese revisits old territory in The Departed, and he doesn't do anything he hasn't done brilliantly several times before.
Jul 30, 2007
Scorsese is clearly a master filmmaker but in my opinion, he's only phoning it in here. THE DEPARTED is a matter of been there, done that. Second tier Scorsese is still good, it just doesn't rank up there with his best work.
Jul 14, 2007
Probably the director's most taut piece of storytelling since Goodfellas.
Jul 14, 2007
What makes this a Scorsese film, and not merely a retread, is the director's use of actors, locations and energy, and its buried theme. I am fond of saying that a movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
Jul 6, 2007
Top CriticSometimes accused of failing to harness the kinetic energy that abounds in his films, Martin Scorsese has done such a fine job of balancing the heat and the cold here.
Apr 28, 2007
The Departed doesn't improve in any way on Infernal Affairs, which served up a return to stylish Hong Kong action.
Mar 30, 2007
Scorsese takes William Monahan's brilliant adaptation and completely makes it his own, resulting in not only one of the best movies of the year but also one of the best of his amazing career.
Mar 24, 2007
Scorsese's treatise on honour and trust has a sprawl that's at once epic and cohesive.
Mar 15, 2007
An over-plotted, pressure-cooked crime caper directed by Martin Scorcese which touches on every classic theme imaginable.
Feb 10, 2007
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