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    The Departed (2006) Poster
    The Departed (2006)

    Critic Reviews

    85
    Metascore (39 reviews)
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    • 100
      Peter Travers Rolling Stone
      A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams.
    • 100
      Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter
      A ferociously entertaining film.
    • 100
      David Ansen Newsweek
      The Departed is Scorsese's most purely enjoyable movie in years. But it's not for the faint of heart. It's rude, bleak, violent and defiantly un-PC. But if you doubt that it's also OK to laugh throughout this rat's nest of paranoia, deceit and bloodshed, keep your eyes on the final frames. Scorsese's parting shot is an uncharacteristic, but well-earned, wink.
    • 100
      James Berardinelli ReelViews
      The original film was gritty and entertaining ("Infernal Affairs"); the new version is a masterpiece - the best effort Scorsese has brought to the screen since "Goodfellas."
    • 100
      Glenn Kenny Premiere
      A triumphant revisiting of territory in which Scorsese is an unchallenged master -- the crime drama.
    • 91
      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
      The very title The Departed suggests a James Joycean take on Irish-Catholic sentiment when, of course, this story is anything but: It's Scorsesean, and he's in full bloom.
    • 90
      Todd McCarthy Variety
      This reworking of a popular Hong Kong picture pulses with energy, tangy dialogue and crackling performances from a fine cast.
    • 80
      David Edelstein New York Magazine (Vulture)
      The movie works smashingly, especially if you haven't seen its Hong Kong counterpart and haven't a clue what's coming. But for all its snap, crackle, and pop, it's nowhere near as galvanic emotionally.
    • 80
      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.
    • 60
      J. Hoberman Village Voice
      Neither a debacle nor a bore, The Departed works but only up to a point, and never emotionally--even if the director does contrive to supply his version of a happy ending.
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