Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Did they really have to show active sexual cheating on screen? no. absolutely not. otherwise pretty good. big fan of the story.

A lot of users says that the HK Original is soo much better. I have not seen the original movie but The Departed IS a good movie

I love it. I think I enjoyed it more than Goodfellas.

I don't know. Did you notice that or not? I think in this movie some characters have opposite characters. As example: Billy Costigan against Colin Sullivan, Mister French against Dignam, Queenan against Frank Costello.