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The Departed

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

The Departed

2006

Martin Scorsese

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg ...

7.9

137,924

Thriller. Drama. Action 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams (...) [It] pins you to your seat (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"What helps make 'The Departed' at once a success and a relief isn’t that the director (...) is back on the mean streets where he belongs; what’s at stake here is the film and the filmmaking, not the director’s epic importance."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"This reworking of a popular Hong Kong picture pulses with energy, tangy dialogue and crackling performances from a fine cast."	POS
United Kingdom	Roberto Sadovski Empire	"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 (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"A crime drama of thrilling breadth and intensity (...) [It] seems to have been made in a state of exultation, and holds you captive in a state of delight."	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"'The Departed' is completely engrossing, a master class in suspense. But in moral terms it may be the least involving story that Scorsese--an artist much preoccupied with morality--has ever taken on."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"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 (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"'The Departed' is a robust piece of storytelling and his best film since 'Casino' in 1995. Everything is rock solid (...) Scorsese's relaxed energy infuses the film with excitement in every frame"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Martin Scorsese has got his groove back, or most of it, with what is arguably his best picture since 'GoodFellas' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Marc Lee Telegraph	"Nicholson is magnificently malevolent as Frank Costello (...) Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon are simply electrifying."	POS

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