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Movie Review for Departed, The
Movie Review for
Departed, The
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| Also known as: | Infernal Affairs |
191 Reviews total.
Release date: 10/6/2006
Run length: 150 mins.
Categories:
Thriller
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Remake
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Action/Adventure
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Drama
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Crime/Gangster
Summary:
'The Departed' is set in South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy -- and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
of 3BlackChicks Review (8/0)
A welcome departure from all the banal fare we've been presented with over the last few months. T...
By
Kevin Carr
of 7M Pictures (8/0)
Scorsese differentiates it from everything else he's ever done. The guy might as well retire now ...
By
Rebecca Murray
of About.com (8/0)
It's wild and edgy and everything we've come to love about Scorsese.
By
Mike McGranaghan
of Aisle Seat (8/0)
Only time will tell if it takes its place alongside Scorsese classics Taxi Driver, Raging Bul...
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (7/1)
Sometimes accused of failing to harness the kinetic energy that abounds in his films, Martin Scor...
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (8/0)
The Departed is Scorsese grabbing New Hollywood by its ear to teach it a lesson the old-fashioned...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Philip Martin
of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (8/0)
Martin Scorsese's The Departed is close to a perfect movie, a poignant cousin to The Great Gatsby...
By
Christy Lemire
of Associated Press (8/0)
The veteran director has made two-thirds of a great film about Boston cops and mobsters, with daz...
By
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8/0)
Consider it the return of the real Martin Scorsese. The cast ain't bad, either.
By
Lori Hoffman
of Atlantic City Weekly (8/0)
... while not glorifying the gun culture of this nation, [the film] exposes it in a sea of blood ...
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (8/0)
Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love again with the brash, cinemat...
By
Jamie Russell
of BBC (8/0)
Martin Scorsese returns to gangland in The Departed, a slick, soulful retelling of overrated Hong...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Alan Dale
of Blogcritics.org (8/0)
The movie gains life entirely from the interplay among the actors, and both of the young stars ar...
By
Ty Burr
of Boston Globe (6/2)
A relentlessly violent, breathtakingly assured piece of mean-streets filmmaking...
By
Fred Topel
of Can Magazine (8/0)
There should be so many interesting dilemmas, but like the original Infernal Affairs, it muddles ...
By
Rob Thomas
of Capital Times (Madison, WI) (8/0)
It's not a casual night out at the movies, but sends the viewer away shaken and supremely satisfi...
By
Sean O'Connell
of Charlotte Weekly (8/0)
Scorsese hurries through scenes with an impatience that suggests boredom. Spontaneous violence do...
By
Michael Phillips
of Chicago Tribune (8/0)
While Nicholson relishes his role, there is such a thing as too much relish.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Peter Rainer
of Christian Science Monitor (8/0)
Comparisons to Goodfellas and Casino notwithstanding, it has a verve and texture all its own. It ...
By
Russ Breimeier
of Christianity Today (8/0)
Aside from the offensive material, The Departed fires on all cylinders as one of the best crime d...
By
Jules Brenner
of Cinema Signals (8/0)
If this was a canvas it would have to be painted from a palette of Irish, Italian and Asian firew...
By
Joshua Tyler
of CinemaBlend.com (8/0)
Exactly the sort of complexity you'd expect from a Scorsese movie. What I didn't expect from a Sc...
By
Dan Jardine
of Cinemania (8/0)
Marty's back, doing what he does best. Is that a collective sigh of relief I hear?
By
Jeff Otto
of cinemaobsession.com (8/0)
It's Scorsese's best film since 1990's GoodFellas. Oscar? Maybe. Classic? Definitely.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Luis Martinez
of Cinenganos (8/0)
Violencia, crimen, orfandad, traición, muerte. Scorsese de nuevo... ˇotra jodida joya!
By
Mark Palermo
of Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (8/0)
Scorsese's treatise on honour and trust has a sprawl that's at once epic and cohesive.
By
Cole Smithey
of ColeSmithey.com (8/0)
Martin Scorsese is a master director in every sense of the word and with the help of his ensemble...
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (8/0)
A glorious symphony of motion in the key of violence.
By
Edward Douglas
of ComingSoon.net (8/0)
Uses a unique approach to expand on the original movie's clever double agent premise ... a really...
By
Matt Brunson
of Creative Loafing (8/0)
Given the powerhouse punch of a scenario, it's perhaps not surprising that Scorsese elected to re...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
David Edwards
of Daily Mirror [UK] (8/0)
Crackling with energy, featuring great actors sinking their teeth into the meatiest of roles and ...
By
Chris Vognar
of Dallas Morning News (8/0)
Rude, crafty, funny and richly profane, it's the work of an artist unmistakably in his element.
By
Boo Allen
of Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (7/1)
Not typical Scorsese but mature storytelling with a steady rhythm.
By
Steve Crum
of Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers (8/0)
Solid work by DiCaprio, Damon, Sheen and Baldwin...(is) upstaged by Nicholson bravado. Wahlberg, ...
By
Bill Gibron
of DVD Verdict (8/0)
This is, without a doubt, one of 2006's best movies, another milestone for a man whose career pat...
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (8/0)
...the best thing the director has done in years.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
David Foucher
of EDGE Boston (8/0)
A beautifully crafted film that's also egregiously violent -rightfully so.
By
Dan Lybarger
of eFilmCritic.com (8/0)
The Departed is not vintage Scorsese, but for most of its running time it sure comes close.
By
David Cornelius
of eFilmCritic.com (8/0)
This is a brilliant story retold with the flourish of a master.
By
Erik Childress
of eFilmCritic.com (8/0)
Heaven has come calling for moviegoers to experience the purest, toughest and most unabashed Scor...
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (8/0)
Toplined by DiCaprio, Damon, and Nicholson (all in good form), this superlative crime-gangster fi...
By
Roberto Sadovski
of Empire Magazine (8/0)
Back to the streets and with a stellar cast, Martin Scorsese proves once again that he’s the mast...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Nicolas Lacroix
of EnPrimeur.ca (8/0)
Martin Scorsese nous revient dans sa meilleure production en plus de 10 ans (depuis Goodfellas en...
By
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of Entertainment Weekly (8/0)
...splattered with moments of pure, dead-eyed, blood-soaked Scorsesean violence...
By
Eric D. Snider
of EricDSnider.com (8/0)
A reminder that movies can have weight to them and still be enjoyable as entertainment.
By
Kam Williams
of EURWeb (8/0)
An over-plotted, pressure-cooked crime caper directed by Martin Scorcese which touches on every c...
By
Eugene Novikov
of Film Blather (8/0)
The film makes a convincing case, while you're watching, that it simply doesn't get much better t...
By
Nathaniel Rogers
of Film Experience (8/0)
Thoroughly entertaining, the competing character agendas are realized superbly by a cohesive ense...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Daniel Eagan
of Film Journal International (8/0)
Plushly mounted but marred by fussy choices and overacting, The Departed strands Scorsese once ag...
By
Pete Vonder Haar
of Film Threat (8/0)
As in most of Scorsese's films, the wages of sin are pretty harsh, but then, so are the wages of ...
By
David Thomas
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
proof positive that neither Scorsese nor Nicholson have lost their touch.
By
David Thomas
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
...it's proof positive that neither Scorsese nor Nicholson has lost his touch.
By
Brian Orndorf
of FilmJerk.com (8/0)
Departed is tonally confident and visually ambitious in ways only Scorsese can pull off with gust...
By
Victoria Alexander
of FilmsInReview.com (8/0)
Sensational. Before Martin Scorsese, DiCaprio, Damon, and Walherg were movie stars, now they are ...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Richard Horgan
of FilmStew.com (8/0)
Martin Scorsese’s answer to The Sopranos is a triumph, as violent, thrilling and worthy of multip...
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (8/0)
[A] cunning sprint along the knife edge between cops and mobsters, one that spooks you into feeli...
By
Rob Vaux
of Flipside Movie Emporium (8/0)
Watching some of the best thespians of our era beat the crap out of each other (both literally an...
By
Bill Clark
of FromTheBalcony (8/0)
This is remarkably compelling cinema driven by some of the best talent in the business.
By
Chuck O'Leary
of FulvueDrive-in.com (8/0)
While seldom less than totally engrossing, it doesn't come close to the greatness of Scorsese's G...
By
Jeffrey Lyles
of Gazette (MD) (8/0)
Somebody tell Scorsese to clear off some space on his mantle for a guy named Oscar.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
of Goatdog's Movies (8/0)
Sweeps us along helplessly, basking in the sheer energy of it all.
By
Eric Lurio
of Greenwich Village Gazette (8/0)
The best remake of the decade.
By
Peter Canavese
of Groucho Reviews (8/0)
Kept in balance, The Departed's verbal and visual gifts, gun-toting menace, down-and-dirty existe...
By
Peter Bradshaw
of Guardian [UK] (8/0)
Martin Scorsese has got his groove back.
By
Ross Anthony
of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
Strong dialogue, intrigue and great music. Top notch acting, crisp direction and editing. Unfortu...
By
Kirk Honeycutt
of Hollywood Reporter (8/0)
Martin Scorsese makes a most welcome return to the mean streets of crime and corruption.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Todd Gilchrist
of IGN Movies (8/0)
The Departed is nothing short of brilliant -- complicated, ambiguous and ambitious, executed with...
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (8/0)
A sprawling crime drama that works, when it does work, mainly as a comedy. Convoluted, confusing...
By
Jane Stevenson
of Jam! Movies (8/0)
With a dream cast, master director and intriguing story brimming with violence and sex, The Depar...
By
JoBlo
of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (8/0)
The cast was a blast, playing each part off one another like a great chess match set up via the p...
By
Bob Bloom
of Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (7/1)
(Martin) Scorsese’s movies usually have an operatic quality; this one reaches the heights of Shak...
By
Alex Sandell
of Juicy Cerebellum (8/0)
Martin Scorsese must have missed the memo stating that Hollywood movies were being dumbed down fo...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
David Kaplan
of Kaplan vs. Kaplan (7/1)
Look for The Departed to earn a host of Oscar nominations as befits the blockbuster it will becom...
By
Jeanne Kaplan
of Kaplan vs. Kaplan (8/0)
Finally! A movie in which men pull out their guns and actually shoot the person they're aiming at...
By
Andrea Chase
of Killer Movie Reviews (8/0)
as inflated with is own sense of epic destiny as the Hindenburg was with hydrogen and just as doo...
By
Beth Accomando
of KPBS.org (8/0)
The Departed doesn't improve in any way on Infernal Affairs, which served up a return to stylish ...
By
Scott Foundas
of L.A. Weekly (8/0)
An exhilarating pulp entertainment.
By
Robert Roten
of Laramie Movie Scope (8/0)
DiCaprio raises his game to a whole new level in this film.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Carol Cling
of Las Vegas Review-Journal (8/0)
... shifts between action and absurdity, generating the kind of gleeful havoc where you're laughi...
By
John Larsen
of Light Views (8/0)
Monahan's screenplay effectively transplants the story from Hong Kong to the mean streets of Bost...
By
Andy Klein
of Los Angeles CityBeat (8/0)
As great as the original is, Scorsese has once again been able to reshape the material into somet...
By
Glenn Whipp
of Los Angeles Daily News (8/0)
You can feel Scorsese's exhilaration in every moment, of The Departed, and the experience is an a...
By
Kenneth Turan
of Los Angeles Times (8/0)
Too operatic at times, too in love with violence and macho posturing at others, it's a potboiler ...
By
Mark Dujsik
of Mark Reviews Movies (8/0)
Like a sucker punch to the gut, and I do mean that as a compliment.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Pete Hammond
of Maxim (8/0)
We'll be talking about this one for years to come.
By
Matt Pais
of Metromix.com (8/0)
Takes a really good movie and makes it great.
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/0)
It is probably superior to almost anything released this year and is a disappointment only when c...
By
Ron Wilkinson
of Monsters and Critics (8/0)
Although there will be claims of wasted talent, Scorsese's new blockbuster wanna-be combines sizz...
By
Kevin N. Laforest
of Montreal Film Journal (8/0)
Great filmmaking, especially if you don't hold it up to Scorsese's masterpieces or to Infernal Af...
By
Ken Hanke
of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (8/0)
A wholly remarkable work -- one that is considerably deeper and certainly more complex than its c...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Frank Ochieng
of Movie Eye (8/0)
...riveting and fearless in its intriguing scope. The Departed beats us upside our heads with a f...
By
Marty Mapes
of Movie Habit (8/0)
Another very good gangster movie from Martin Scorsese, and a faithful remake
By
Kurt Loder
of MTV (8/0)
It's good to see Martin Scorsese back among the bad guys again, knocking heads, spraying bullets,...
By
Stuart Klawans
of Nation (8/0)
You might be surprised that Irish Catholic South Boston should have provided the opportunity for ...
By
David Edelstein
of New York Magazine (8/0)
The Departed has enough tension to keep you engrossed, and enough color for ten crime pictures. S...
By
Andrew Sarris
of New York Observer (8/0)
Mr. Scorsese and his associates have assembled a remarkably charismatic cast to impart coherence ...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Manohla Dargis
of New York Times (8/0)
...at once a success and a relief...
By
Gene Seymour
of Newsday (8/0)
The Departed, which situates the Lau-Mak storyline in contemporary Boston, matches expectations f...
By
Michael A. Smith
of Nolan's Pop Culture Review (8/0)
And is there a better director working today that can find just the right song to capture the moo...
By
Jim Chastain
of Norman Transcript (8/0)
Probably the best acted film of the year.
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
It may not be vintage Scorsese, but it is exciting Scorsese.
By
Ethan Alter
of NYC Film Critic (8/0)
The Departed is an enjoyable, but overlong crime caper with some great performances and plenty of...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (8/0)
Efficient rather than profound. But when efficiency is this much fun, it would be churlish to as...
By
Scott Tobias
of Onion AV Club (8/0)
Right from the pungent opening line, The Departed has that Goodfellas pop, from the first-rate ca...
By
Roger Moore
of Orlando Sentinel (8/0)
The Departed is Scorsese's most entertaining picture in years, dense, violent (more of his screen...
By
John Thomason
of Orlando Weekly (8/0)
The Departed is a bloody, nihilistic, intelligent, pulpy epic filled with avant-garde techniques.
By
Wesley Lovell
of Oscar Guy (8/0)
A return to genre for Martin Scorsese, this cops and gangsters film is unqestionably entertaining...
By
Fiore Mastracci
of Outtakes With Fiore (8/0)
It's a 100 minute story jammed into nearly 180 minutes.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (8/0)
... managing to convey nothing for the mind or soul in its over two hours of excessive overkill.
By
Tyler Hanley
of Palo Alto Weekly (8/0)
With the help of slick writing, an A-list cast and plenty of twisted surprises, Scorsese scores a...
By
Jay Antani
of Perihelion Journal (8/0)
An intricate music box of cinematic flair but utterly hollow as a personal statement.
By
Sean Burns
of Philadelphia Weekly (8/0)
It's a snarling, magnificent beast. Welcome back, pal.
By
Jon Popick
of Planet Sick-Boy (8/0)
Martin Scorsese's triumphant return to modern day storytelling.
By
Cynthia Fuchs
of PopMatters (8/0)
Rowdier and more neatly resolved than Infernal Affairs (that is, more "American"), The Departed g...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Glenn Kenny
of Premiere Magazine (8/0)
The Departed ends up the most affectingly bleak movie Scorsese's made since Taxi Driver.
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (8/0)
This is crime melodrama as only Scorsese can deliver it, even if we sense in the edges of the fra...
By
Linda Cook
of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (8/0)
Wow -- look what Martin Scorsese can do with a remake!
By
David N. Butterworth
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/1)
Scorsese has long since proved to be a master at gangland crime dramas and The Departed is no exc...
By
Louis Proyect
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
Not as bad as The Aviator or Gangs of New York.
By
Mark R. Leeper
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
Martin Scorsese surprises us with a film that is more of a thriller than his previous efforts. I...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Timothy Knight
of Reel.com (8/0)
Despite its jazzy energy and many stunning set pieces, Scorsese's latest film is a regrettably un...
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
...a cocky film, something that plays a little faster than real life and is stuffed to the gills ...
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
This is going to be a contender come the end of the year. It's Scorsese and company at their best...
By
Betty Jo Tucker
of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (8/0)
The most amazing acting in The Departed comes from Mark Wahlberg, who completely transforms himse...
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (8/0)
...a masterpiece...
By
Diana Saenger
of ReviewExpress.com (8/0)
Scorsese nails nearly every scene perfectly. There's not a moment your mind wanders, your toe tap...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (8/0)
...a new American crime classic...
By
Jim Lane
of Sacramento News & Review (7/1)
Martin Scorsese, at the top of his game, stages some great set pieces.
By
Stephanie Zacharek
of Salon.com (8/0)
Scorsese has put together a fantastic ensemble of actors: Some of the movie's best performances a...
By
Sean Means
of Salt Lake Tribune (8/0)
Not since GoodFellas has Scorsese hit so hard, so precisely and with such restraint of obvious fl...
By
David Elliott
of San Diego Union-Tribune (8/0)
Crime stories have become incredibly generic, and though this is not a pit like Miami Vice, some ...
By
Mick LaSalle
of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
There's no attempt at greatness here, just a fabulously successful attempt at a good crime movie.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Eric Melin
of Scene-Stealers.com (8/0)
Scorsese's latest is an anti-war movie that is firmly dedicated to the idea that neither side in ...
By
Gina Carbone
of Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (8/0)
The only thing that surprises me more than thinking the former Marky Mark is one of the most tale...
By
Sean McBride
of Sean the Movie Guy (8/0)
Scorsese's best in years—strong praise considering that his last two movies were both up for the ...
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
...a fast-paced, visually slick, psychologically fascinating Boston-set cops-and-crooks saga that...
By
Moira MacDonald
of Seattle Times (8/0)
That Scorsese can hit this kind of material out of the park isn't surprising, and much of The Dep...
By
Rich Cline
of Shadows on the Wall (8/0)
Owes a heavy debt to the original version, but this is a masterpiece all its own.
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (8/0)
The Departed's lucky-charmed score is one of many subliminal devices in the film: No one better l...
By
Nick Schager
of Slant Magazine (8/0)
What begins as a breakneck descent into blunt cruelty and moral turmoil soon morphs into a cat-an...
By
Dana Stevens
of Slate (8/0)
It's a stylish head rush of a movie that flies by, even at two-and-a-half hours, and keeps turnin...
By
Phoebe Flowers
of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (8/0)
Even if it had come out nine months ago, there is little doubt that anything you see this year --...
By
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
of Spirituality and Practice (8/0)
Suffers in comparison to the tension, subtlety, and top-drawer acting in Infernal Affairs.
By
Nick Rogers
of State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (8/0)
DiCaprio is outstanding, as is the film's first hour. But Scorsese's tale of rats and the rat rac...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Rick Curnutte
of TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (8/0)
It's the culmination of a lifelong examination of men and their violent ways...The Departed is, i...
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (8/0)
A pulpy, operatic, rousingly good crime thriller.
By
Scott Nash
of Three Movie Buffs (8/0)
Intense and entertaining.
By
Tony Medley
of tonymedley.com (8/0)
Nicholson, as usual, overacts to great effect. But the star is DiCaprio who emerges from this fil...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
Martin Scorsese's remake of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs (2002) is a thrilling return ...
By
Jonathan R. Perry
of Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (8/0)
Stacked up against Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, sure ... this is lesser Scorsese. And 'lesser' Sc...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Brian Tallerico
of UnderGround Online (8/0)
Scorsese takes William Monahan's brilliant adaptation and completely makes it his own, resulting ...
By
Urban Cinefile Critics
of Urban Cinefile (8/0)
A tough and gritty crime thriller, tossing up the issue of morality before shooting it down in a ...
By
Enrique Buchichio
of Uruguay Total (8/0)
No está entre lo mejor de Scorsese, pero es un buen policial con algunos momentos intensos, una v...
By
Claudia Puig
of USA Today (8/0)
Two and a half hours race by as this twisting, turning tale blazes its exciting, funny, brutal pa...
By
Matthew Turner
of ViewLondon (8/0)
Superbly written and brilliantly acted, this is a return to form for Scorsese - if this doesn't g...
By
Brian Gibson
of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (8/0)
Scorsese bloats the first half with epic pretensions, leaving behind a pretty good genre remake, ...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Willie Waffle
of WaffleMovies.com (8/0)
The Departed is classic Scorsese complete with a story so dense and exciting you don't want it to...
By
Jeffrey Chen
of Window to the Movies (8/0)
A particularly Irish brand of cops-and-thieves angst, interesting because it's considerably colde...
By
Susan Granger
of www.susangranger.com (8/0)
Martin Scorsese is a master of the gritty crime drama and this is reminiscent of "GoodFellas" and...
By
Steven Snyder
of Zertinet Movies (8/0)
This would not be the movie it is without Nicholson’s unforgettable, over-the-top, deliciously-o...
By
John Beifuss
of Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
The rats are dead; long live the rats.
By
Greg Maki
of Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (4/5) Login Required (Login Required)
These may not be the streets of [Scorsese's] past, but they are just as mean and just as compelli...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Christopher Smith
of Bangor Daily News (Maine) (7/1) No reference
Finally, the race is on. The battle for Best Picture begins with Martin Scorsese's The Departed, ...
By
Danny Minton
of Beaumont Journal (4/4) No reference
Proves that Hollywood can still make great films when they want to.
By
John P. McCarthy
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/5) No reference
It’s an excitingly labyrinthine treatment of the perennial theme that cops and crooks, no matter ...
By
Richard Roeper
of Chicago Sun-Times (3/5) No reference
It is funny, shocking and brutal, and it's filled with brilliant performances, with some of our b...
By
Devin Faraci
of CHUD (7/1) No reference
As much as I appreciate the films he has made over the last decade, there is no denying that The ...
By
Pablo Villaca
of Cinema em Cena (7/1) No reference
Apesar de levemente inferior ao longa chinęs, este é um filme vigoroso que demonstra a habilidade...
Reviews of Departed, The
By
Garth Franklin
of Dark Horizons (4/4) No reference
A great film? To some degree. Great fun? Absolutely. One of the year's best films? Most certainly
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to form with his latest, The Departed.
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Alex Markerson
of E! Online (4/4) No reference
...grandly twisted...
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Brian Juergens
of Freeze Dried Movies (7/1) No reference
The balance of brutal violence, wildly inappropriate humor, and easy, low-boil romance is nothing...
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James Sanford
of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/1) No reference
Gripping, often cruelly funny... [and] a film that is coming along at the perfect time, as millio...
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Robert W. Butler
of Kansas City Star (3/5) No reference
It’s not great Scorsese, certainly not in the league of Raging Bull or 2004’s The Aviator. But it...
Reviews of Departed, The
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Nell Minow
of Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (7/1) No reference
Brilliantly acted, enthrallingly told, this vast, operatic saga centers on two men caught between...
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Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (7/1) No reference
A very violent, often brutal film that boasts an A-list cast at the top of their game working for...
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Stephen Whitty
of Newark Star-Ledger (3/5) No reference
The Departed remains a rousing film.
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Shawn Levy
of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
If The Departed isn't among his handful of his best pictures, it's still gripping, hot and wicked...
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Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (3/5) No reference
It's one of the better films by one of our better directors, and even though it's technically a r...
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Steven Rea
of Philadelphia Inquirer (3/5) No reference
Freed from iconic figures and weighty themes, Martin Scorsese, in The Departed, gets to riff and ...
Reviews of Departed, The
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Jack Garner
of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/4) No reference
The Departed is riveting, in-your-face entertainment, with a visceral energy, intelligence, dark ...
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Angela Baldassarre
of Sympatico.ca (4/4) No reference
Only a cinematic master like Martin Scorsese can take a complex character-driven drama and turn i...
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Chris Barsanti
of ToxicUniverse.com (7/1) No reference
It's a testament to the rest of the cast that Nicholson's self-worshipping train-wreck of a perfo...
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John A. Nesbit
of ToxicUniverse.com (7/1) No reference
Transforms the often predictable crime genre into a nuanced character study.
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Daniel M. Kimmel
of Worcester Telegram & Gazette (4/4) No reference
...a violent crime drama that will undoubtedly reward repeated viewings...
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Lawrence Toppman
of Charlotte Observer (7/1) Not Reachable
This picture feels like an exercise by a Scorsese clone who has tackled the master's themes -- wi...
Reviews of Departed, The
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Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (7/1) Not Reachable
Though not on par with 'Raging Bull' or 'Taxi Driver,' 'The Departed' is involving for its entire...
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Rene Rodriguez
of Miami Herald (7/1) Not Reachable
A great, resonant, psychologically complex popcorn movie made by a cast and crew of filmmakers at...
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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/4) Not Reachable
[A] luridly entertaining gangster movie.
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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
of TheMovieChicks.com (7/1) Not Reachable
If you like your films loaded with guns, blood and bad asses with dialects this is the film for y...
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