The Departed

Pros: Cast, script, direction
Cons: Nothing

For years, the Massachusetts State Police had wanted hard evidence that would take a notorious Boston mobster off the streets. For more time than some state troopers had been alive, Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) had owned the streets of south Boston ...

Pros: Great cast, plot, action, everything
Cons: None!

The Departed is one hell of a cop movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, and Alec Baldwin, among many others. Director Martin Scorsese cast this movie with a stacked deck, thus ensuring the same kind of ...

Pros: Skillful story telling at it's best
Cons: Violent and bloody..not for children of any age

The other day I had a sweet surprise, my husband called and invited me to join him for a matinee, movie that is, when he decided to take the afternoon off...well, business was slow anyway so it was a perfect excuse to go out on a "date". We both ...

Pros: intense, intelligent, action-packed fun
Cons: takes a back seat to Heat and Donnie Brasco

According to rottentomatoes.com, 95% of the nation's critics gave The Departed a favorable review - and that's about right. Martin Scorsese's latest action-packed crime drama may not be a classic in the vein of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas or ...

Pros: acting - story - directing
Cons: nada

"The Departed" gyrates around a legal conflict between the Massachusetts Police Force and an Irish-American mob organization. A mobster affiliate has been chosen to infiltrate the police force, while a rookie police officer has been chosen to infiltrate ...

Pros: Scorsese's Direction, Script, Locations, Look, Editing, Music, & Cast.
Cons: There's No Cons Here B*tch. (shoots Cons)

Throughout his long, four-decade career, Martin Scorsese is considered to be one of the great living directors with such classic films as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas. While other films like ...

Pros: Acting by EVERYONE, cinematography, editing, script, DIRECTION.
Cons: too minor to mention

Scorsese has created yet another riveting, powerful, violently profane movie centered around the exploits of gangsters. It is not as raw, nor as fresh as Mean Streets; he couldn’t possibly make one like that ever again (for one, we as an ...

Pros: Scorsese and Nicholson team up. Much drama and suspense ensues.
Cons: A couple of slow moments.

I recall once hearing an old proverb about how in one's efforts to catch a rat, we must make sure we do not become a rat. That theme could be extended to The Departed, the new film from Martin Scorsese. By now, I'm sure most people have already made ...

Pros: A compelling drama in the genre of modern day gangster movies.
Cons: Plot a little queasy in places and an ending that seemed abrupt.

Like the most notable of Martin Scorsese’s films, “The Departed” is a tragedy that delivers electric shocks to your gut in spades, replete with much blood, sadness, and surprises, but also with stunning acting that keeps your attention from ...

Pros: Acting, Pacing, Story Line
Cons: None, although some may not like the gore and violence.

Martin Scorsese deserves an Academy Award already for his fine work, but this movie should finally land him one of those golden statues. He has directed famous movies, such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino, and ...

Pros: it's a re-make of a great movie and the plot actually survived
Cons: nothing else did

The plot of the original movie, Infernal Affairs, has been transplanted whole-sale into the re-make, The Departed, where a young man (Andy Lau Tak Wah/Matt Damon) is groomed by a gangster (Eric Tsang/Jack Nicholson) to become a ...

Pros: Suspense, another great peek inside the "WiseGuy" mind, direction, great to average ranges of acting
Cons: Too long, too violent, maybe too complex or too many mega stars in one film

At last glance, The Departed is still holding above 90% on Rottentomatoes.com (but slipping a bit), proving that this film has impressed the critics who have seen it. The acting is at times superb, the directing is, for the most part, outstanding, and ...

Pros: Stands alongside Goodfellas as one of the all-time great mob flicks...
Cons: May be too intense for some audiences...

Leave it to Martin Scorsese to come up with the greatest gangster flick of the decade. This old pro knows the difference between spending megabucks on talent instead of F/X, and this saga is an exemplary result. Regardless of whether the Academy gets it ...

Pros: Strong lead and supporting performances
Cons: None

"The Departed" (2006) is a thrilling, totally riviting crime-drama, directed by the award-winning Martin Scorsese, delivering what is undoubtedly his most enthralling film since the masterpiece "Goodfellas" (1990). "The Departed" was based on the Hong ...

Pros: Scorsese's direction; Monahan's script; excellent acting by everyone involved
Cons: Film's ultraviolence may upset some; Signs of Scorsese repeating himself?

"I don't want to be a product of my environment," Boston crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) reflects in voice over during the opening of the new film THE DEPARTED. "I want my environment to be a product of me." Much in the same way, legendary ...