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The Departed   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: A- 13 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B+ 50544 ratings  User Reviews (3661 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 3661  |   Next   Overall Grade: C+ Story: C+ Acting: B- Direction: C Visuals: B- Reviewing a remake by Edward (movies profile) (Jul 4, 2008) 698 of 1180 people found this review helpful Many reviews mention that this film is a remake of the Hongkongese "Infernal Affairs," but apparently none of them actually saw the original movie (which is a 3-film epis... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B+ Acting: A- Direction: B Visuals: A- The Departed is good, but lacking key elements by FrankC (movies profile) (Jun 13, 2008) 205 of 249 people found this review helpful After watching The Departed as well as the original Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs, I wanted to share some thoughts on The Departed in relation to the original. - Grea... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Scorsese Brings His Affairs To Higher Ground by Eric (movies profile) (Feb 17, 2008) 217 of 330 people found this review helpful When it comes to remakes, it seems that filmmakers are split into two camps: ones that want to stay 100% faithful to the original (and thus requiring us to ask why make a... Full Review Overall Grade: C+ Story: A Acting: B Direction: C+ Visuals: B- Watch the ORIGINAL!! by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007) 111 of 152 people found this review helpful The Departed is based on a 2002 movie from Hong Kong called 'Infernal Affairs'. Subsequently, Infernal Affairs II and III came out in 2003 to complete the trilogy. I am... Full Review Overall Grade: B- Story: A Acting: B Direction: C- Visuals: D+ comparison of the departed with the original by ALEX (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007) 67 of 85 people found this review helpful Two years ago, I borrowed the movie "Infernal Affiars" out of curiousity from one of my chinese friends. I instantly liked the movie after i watched it at home. Although... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B+ Acting: B+ Direction: B Visuals: B A change from typical hollywood by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Feb 17, 2008) 67 of 88 people found this review helpful Oh the tension, oh the thrill. This movie has everything that an audience member could ask for from a film. What will attract and more importantly satisfy movie-goers i... Full Review Overall Grade: C- Story: D Acting: B Direction: C Visuals: A Forget this.. watch the original!! by Kint (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007) 65 of 94 people found this review helpful The Departed is "based" on the superb Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, and I put based in quotes because Scorsese completely mangles the story into a mess. The crux of t... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: D Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ The subtle msg by rick (movies profile) (Mar 2, 2008) 60 of 90 people found this review helpful Why didn't the Internal Affair rock the American theaters few years ago, while the Departed, with the almost same storyline but replaced all the so-called super stars fro... Full Review Overall Grade: B- Story: B Acting: C Direction: C Visuals: B Saw Both Movie,the Hong Kong Trilogy is Better. by chuck l (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007) 42 of 55 people found this review helpful The Hong Kong plot is more complicated, character development was better, and it was more intense. Andy Lau and Tony Leung was awesome duel, intense, strategic and analyt... Full Review Overall Grade: B- Story: A Acting: B- Direction: C Visuals: B The Departed Not Up To Par As The Original by Vivian (movies profile) (Nov 29, 2007) 21 of 26 people found this review helpful For anyone who don't know this already, The Departed is a remake of a Hong Kong box office hit "Infernal Affair" which starred Andy Lau and Tony Leung. If you haven't wa... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 3661  |   Next