Critics
Critics thoughts on our #19, The Departed...
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It currently has a 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 8.5/10 score on IMDb (with 1,300,000 votes).
Roger Ebert gave it ★★★★ and said:
Critics thoughts on our #19, The Departed...
![](https://i.imgur.com/kxDMdIs.png)
It currently has a 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 8.5/10 score on IMDb (with 1,300,000 votes).
Roger Ebert gave it ★★★★ and said:
"Although many of the plot devices are similar in Scorsese's film and the Hong Kong 'original', this is Scorsese's film all the way because of his understanding of the central subject of so much of his work: guilt. It is reasonable to assume that Boston working-class men named Costigan, Sullivan, Costello, Dignam and Queenan were brought up as Irish-American Catholics, and that if they have moved outside the church's laws, they have nevertheless not freed themselves of a sense of guilt."Meanwhile Ryan Gilbey, of New Statesman, said:
"Plausible psychological scrutiny loses out to shot after shot of brains being splattered. And boy, do you get a lot of brains for your buck. It's just a shame they're all on the walls and not in the script."As for our MoFo reviewers, @KeyserCorleone said:
"The Departed is the one Scorsese movie I can find myself watching over and over again without feeling obligated to watch it again for critical purposes. It's an excellent cat-and-mouse movie with a great story and a lot of humanity, and the humanity is the one reason this is my favorite Scorsese movie. I saw this last week and it shot up to the top of my Scorsese list immediately."And @Iroquois said:
"The Departed is definitely my least favourite Scorsese film and definitely my least favourite Best Picture winner. I can understand the Academy wanting to give Scorsese a sympathy vote, but the fact that they gave it to such an insufferable example of diminishing returns, well...all I can say is 'rats'."
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