Review of The Departed (2006) by Bryan — 02 Apr 2007
This is an Oscar winner? Sure, the acting is first rate, as you'd expect from any movie featuring Nicholson, DiCaprio, and Damon. But it's also filled to a ridiculous extent with truckloads of gratuitous gore and profanity, which tend to obscure rather than accentuate whatever Scorsese was trying to say.
Yes, I was shocked as those moments it was intended. But I also felt pummeled by the relentless barrage of excessive elements mentioned above. If there is any subtlety to this movie at all, it was missed on me, and I really don't care enough to see it again to catch what I missed.
It may keep you entertained for two and a half hours if you like this sort of thing, but I found little redeeming about it. I really don't get the hype.
This review of The Departed (2006) was written by Bryan on 02 Apr 2007.
The Departed has generally received very positive reviews.
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