Review of The Departed (2006) by Jackie W — 06 Aug 2014

I'm sorry but I find this film awfully overrated. It's overlong, overwritten and rushed. There are way too many characters which are left undeveloped. In fact the entire plot seemed way too McGuffin-y - serving just as an excuse to play with the characters. All the characters (apart from Dicaprio's who is the only person who undergoes some some sort of emotional transformation) are wooden, almost heartless at times. The relationship of Leo's and Farmiga's characters doesn't make an awful lot of sense and frankly was pointless. There seemed to be absolutely no chemistry. And Nicholson Again plays Nicholson. And the conclusion of simply killing everybody off is ridiculous.

Scorsese's greatest and most artistic film is be Raging Bull. The Departed doesn't come anywhere close to it.