few directors can compose a movie with the power, grace and assurance that Scorsese brings to each shot and scene, and The Departed is more fun, and certainly more funny, than his last few films.
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10/05/06
The Departed (2006)
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Reviews Counted:225
Fresh:207
Rotten:18
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.
Theatrical Release:06-10-2006
Synopsis: Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga
Director: Martin Scorsese
Reviews for The Departed
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticCrackling with energy, featuring great actors sinking their teeth into the meatiest of roles and a plot that bubbles with tension, this is Scorsese’s finest film since Goodfellas.
10/06/06
Martin Scorsese returns to gangland in The Departed, a slick, soulful retelling of overrated Hong Kong actioner Infernal Affairs.
10/10/06
Top CriticSuperbly written and brilliantly acted, this is a return to form for Scorsese - if this doesn't get him the Best Director Oscar, nothing will.
10/05/06
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.
02/20/08
Top CriticMartin Scorsese has got his groove back.
10/07/06
Top CriticOwes a heavy debt to the original version, but this is a masterpiece all its own.
10/05/06
Back to the streets and with a stellar cast, Martin Scorsese proves once again that he’s the master of urban storytelling -- and of thrillingly violent filmmaking.
10/02/06
Top CriticThe movie gains life entirely from the interplay among the actors, and both of the young stars are wonderful.
11/01/06
While this may not be Scorsese's finest film, it is without a doubt his most entertaining. The Departed is here to stay.
10/06/06
Martin Scorsese must have missed the memo stating that Hollywood movies were being dumbed down for mass audiences. The director has created one of the best films of the year, guaranteed to keep audiences on their toes.
10/08/06
For all its bloodletting, The Departed is an intoxicating film. It's a film that'll have your hands over your face with one eye peeking: The violence sickens, but the movie seduces.
10/06/06
Mr. Scorsese and his associates have assembled a remarkably charismatic cast to impart coherence and conviction to a narrative that could have easily dwindled into an affectless succession of gratuitous intrigues.
09/27/06
As great as the original is, Scorsese has once again been able to reshape the material into something equally good, with different strengths and weaknesses.
10/05/06
Only a cinematic master like Martin Scorsese can take a complex character-driven drama and turn it into a grandiose masterpiece.
10/06/06
The Departed, which screenwriter William Monahan cleverly adapted from the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, crackles right along, stopping only long enough for Scorsese's signature bursts of explosive violence.
10/05/06
The most amazing acting in The Departed comes from Mark Wahlberg, who completely transforms himself into the angry police sergeant he portrays.
10/08/06
This is remarkably compelling cinema driven by some of the best talent in the business.
10/05/06
This is, without a doubt, one of 2006's best movies, another milestone for a man whose career path is paved with such accolades.
10/17/06
It took a while, but Martin Scorsese has returned to the Mean Streets.
10/05/06
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