The Departed, go ahead and depart..please!

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2007)

Not a terrible movie, but WAY overrated. Ridiculous dialog, predictable, and scenes that run on forever. Jack Nicholson overacts to such a degree that I laughed at several scenes that were supposed to be dramatic. And if I were the Boston State Police, I'd be furious at the depiction of unprofessional, irrational behavior exhibited by the central characters. Damon is a terrific actor, but seemed oddly miscast as a corrupt cop. I actually think Wahlberg would have been better as the morally bankrupt cop and Damon would have been better as the good cop with the anger management problem. So, not a bad movie, but I was terribly disappointed based upon the reviews and ratings listed here.