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Movie Notes: The Departed

Started by webomatica · 3 months ago

In this crime drama (based on Hong Kong movie Internal Affairs) Boston cop Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) wants to take out Irish mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a former cop who has been taken under Costello's wing. But both Billy and C ... Continue reading »

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  • Kurt

    11 months ago

    Regrettably, I took a date to this movie. Not a huge fan of Scorsese, but the acting was pretty incredible. Not his best performance, but a solid bit of acting by Jack.

    The only reason I want to see that huge plot device known as "The Bucket List" is because of him.
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  • webomatica

    11 months ago

    Yep I can't say I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan but this was one of his better ones. Now if Scorsese could think of some way to pair Nicholson and DeNiro in something.
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  • Dave

    11 months ago

    Nice movie, but not OSCAR movie
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  • ScottUA

    11 months ago

    Great movie...was shocked at a lot of the sudden deaths to some of the major characters.
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  • Jess

    11 months ago

    This was a very good movie and I only watched it because I watched Internal Affairs and wanted to see the comparison. Still, quite entertaining and amazing actors.
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  • Cher

    10 months ago

    Though "The Departed" had a good star cast, it suffered from expectations. I'd a huge expectations and so disappointed. May be If I did watch it without any expectations, I would have liked it.
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