Overall an excellent movie ruined by the ending.

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 2006)

This is one of the best movies I've seen in some time. I thought that the performance of Leonard DiCaprio was phenomenal, really exceptional. Matt Damon was, Matt Damon. Jack Nicholson was a perfect choice for this character. He played it with the right amount of malice and psychopathology. The dialog was witty, real, and engrossing,; the use of the Whitey Bulger background, etc. was a nice touch, and were it not for the final 30 seconds, this could be a 9 or 10. However, the departure from a comparable ending to "Infernal Affairs" for a non-ambiguous, "righteous" finality ruined this for me. It seems that American audiences require that justice be served or something. The ambiguity of the original is what made it such a great story.