The Departed
Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg
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 syndicate run by gangland chief Costello. While Bi...( read more
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DVD Released: February 13, 2007
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January 22, 2008An brillant & violent crime epic with great performances across the board from Leo to Matt to Marky Mark to big Jack Nicholson.
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May 5, 2009Boston gangster Frank Costello puts his gun to the back of a woman?s head, pulls the trigger in the nonchalant manner with which he?d light a cigarette and, as she stumbles over her husband?s already-murdered corpse, casually reports, ?She fell funny?. Obscene and dangerously ins... ...( read more )
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March 16, 2009Gripping action thriller with many lives on the line. Great cast. Leo plays Billy, an undercover cop who becomes a mole in a FBI wanted gang. Jack Nicholson plays the gangster who also has a mole (Matt Damon) in the police. Leo is brilliant. Another great performance!
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March 16, 2009Scorsese always shoots and scores..he's unconscious.
Been bouncin back and forth between an 8 and a 9 with this bad boi. Gonna have to give it a 9 - it's fucking Scorsese. SHEESH. -
February 27, 2009After three times, I think I can finally talk about this movie. The first thing I'll note is that only for Scorsese is this not a five-star movie: Raging Bull and Taxi Driver are miles ahead of this one. And yet, it's still a great movie...
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July 5, 2009For being a 3 hour movie, it didn't drag out at all. Not my favorite crime film by any means, but it holds its own
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July 6, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 6, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The Departed has enough tension to keep you engrossed, and enough color for ten crime pictures. Scorsese obviously adores his expensive, expansive ensemble. full review
October 7, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Scorsese has put together a fantastic ensemble of actors: Some of the movie's best performances are the ones tucked into the corners, like Alec Baldwin's beefy, arrogant state police honcho. full review
October 6, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
As The Departed wears on, it becomes more exciting, more grimly funny and more nihilistic -- and that nihilism has a lasting impact. full review
October 6, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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. full review
October 6, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
It's good to see Martin Scorsese back among the bad guys again, knocking heads, spraying bullets, sloshing through the bloody puddles of their conflicted Catholicism. full review
October 5, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Two and a half hours race by as this twisting, turning tale blazes its exciting, funny, brutal path. full review
October 5, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If the story suffers initially from a slight lack of focus, hang in there, because you will soon become immersed in a mesmerizing, expertly plotted cat-and-mouse game. full review
September 28, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams. full review
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February 4, 2009Wrote this review in 2007. (Oct 2006 Director: Martin Scorsese) The subject is loyalties, corruption, mob life. Scorsese won his Oscar Oscars too & Best Director and Best Picture. Wonderful cast....interesting story set in Boston (good accents)....Sort of a fun tale of local corruption casting the wonderful Jack Nicholson as the Kingpen!
This movie was released prior to American Gangster. I say that because these are LOCAL mob stories...(this one set in Boston).
Matt Damon & Leonard Dicaprio at some points in this film I could hardly tell apart!So I watched it again! They had distinct characters. Their acting is that intense. Martin Sheen & Mark Wahlberg were great in heading up the undercover dept. -
November 23, 2008good movie. but i agree with the comments before, didn't need all of the swearing.
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June 15, 2008Exactly.What does the swearing have to do with anything?You've heard the words before, get over it.
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June 13, 2008What does the amount of swearing have to do with the quality of the film?
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February 23, 2008well I haven't watched this film but I did like leonardo Dicaprio in Titanic I wonder how he would be like in this film.
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November 27, 2007great movie! I am not a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio at all. He has never made a movie that I have liked him in, but I loved him in this one. He was great, he did such a good job with his character, I was so impressed with it!!!
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