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Cinephobe April Fools: The Departed

Cinephobe

Count The Dings

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Comedy

56.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week on Cinephile, Adnan revisits the film that finally earned Martin Scorcese his elusive academy award for directing. Does the electric ensemble cast present a strong enough argument to join Marty's Mount Rushmore? You'll have to listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think You Know Disney Plus? Think Again?

0:05.0

Stream everything from hit musicals like Encanto.

0:09.0

We must protect our family! This is my chance! I will save the magic!

0:15.0

To the years best movies like award-winning the banshee's of Inish Erin.

0:19.0

I just don't like you no more. Don't like me yesterday?

0:23.0

Think You Know Disney Plus? Think Again.

0:26.0

18 Plus subscription required to Disney's apply.

0:30.0

The End

0:53.0

When you think about the departed wall, it's true it's not Spursesie's best film.

0:56.0

It clearly was the best picture in 2006. A Byzantine web of cat mouths.

1:01.0

As you see a gallery's road of characters including Minerna or the cat for your jack Nichols and a mat.

1:06.0

And chewing on some dialogue to Bill Monay and what an Oscar for the script.

1:10.0

And it's always Spursesie's directing and the fact he knows that crime milieu better than any other director working in America that really makes the story sing.

1:17.0

Yes, it would be nice to see a story like this set in New York and yes, I'm tired of too much Boston movies.

1:22.0

But there's no denying the departed is a wildly entertaining film and yet another worthy addition to Spursesie's canon.

1:28.0

As he shows his mean streets can adapt in 2006 to a film like this that still remains resonant in the present day.

1:35.0

Furthermore, when you look at some of the cast as I mentioned Jack Nicholson wild the opposite of the top.

1:39.0

Clearly he's having fun playing this very irassable crime boss as a pervert and disgusting.

1:45.0

And yes, while his acting isn't exactly subtle, that's what you've come to expect Nicholson at this point in his career.

1:51.0

In terms of what the other actors are bringing to the table, the caprio always brings the heat.

1:56.0

And you look at Matt Damon's performance Damon as a guy that's able to be duplicitous even if he himself is fighting some phenol issues as Vera for Meaghan makes clear of one unforgettable scene.

2:06.0

Now addon I apologize I've got I've got to cut in here. I just got some issues with this.

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