An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
12 February 1963, Seattle, Washington, USA
28 January 1967, USA
6 August 1978, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
7 December 1956, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 November 1958, South Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 August 1973, Clifton, New Jersey, USA
18 April 1947, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
22 April 1937, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
26 February 1967, USA
5 June 1971, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
March 16, 2017
The definitive Boston Irish mob movie of our era was made by an Italian from Queens.
February 24, 2013
[A] very entertaining, densely layered, just-short-of-fabulous melodrama.
July 06, 2007
What makes this a Scorsese film, and not merely a retread, is the director's use of actors, locations and energy, and its buried theme. I am fond of saying that a movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
January 25, 2015
Not only is The Departed not among the best of Scorsese's films; it's not even the best version of this film.
February 03, 2007
You'll have to go back to GoodFellas to find a Marty movie this fun, this enamored of language, of ethnic slurs, of "Gimme Shelter," of explosive violence. Scorsese's return to form is the year's most dynamic film. Really, how could it not be?
January 25, 2015
The dialogue crackles wittily and obscenely, and the set-pieces are superbly staged.
January 25, 2015
This has its moments - what Scorsese film does not? -- but over a two-and-a-half-hour stretch it huffs and puffs and still doesn't blow the house down.
January 25, 2015
The Departed is an example of a cinematic master seeking to live up to the veneration with which he is regarded by his pupils.
February 23, 2016
The legendary director successfully converts a tight little thriller into a grand opera, and it's the best work he's done in the last 10 years.
January 25, 2015
As in his remake of Cape Fear, Scorsese has mucked up a B-movie he professes to love: producing something full of twists but devoid of that lovely, fluttery, rare thing: surprise.
January 25, 2015
This crime thriller is a profane, blood-drenched joy to watch.
January 06, 2007
The Departed has enough tension to keep you engrossed, and enough color for ten crime pictures. Scorsese obviously adores his expensive, expansive ensemble.
