The film "The Departed", the reviews of which are in this article, is a popular dramatic thriller that was released in 2006. It was directed by Martin Scorsese. The picture is a remake of the Hong Kong thriller Double Castling, which appeared on the screen four years earlier. The tape received many prizes and awards, including 4 Oscars, winning the nomination "The Best Movie".
The plot of the picture
About the film "The Departed" reviews received mostly positive. Both critics and viewers liked him. According to the plot, the tape begins with the background. In Boston, crime boss Frank Costello, played by Jack Nicholson, takes on the patronage of a 10-year-old boy, Colin Sullivan, from whom he wants to raise his man in the local police in the future. Years later, the grown-up Colin (played by Matt Damon) graduates from the Massachusetts police school, begins working at the local branch, passing all the important information to Frank.
At the same time, one of Colin’s colleagues decided to introduce Costello into the gang. This is Billy Costigan played by Leonardo di Caprio. First, he sits in prison, and when he leaves, he begins to sell drugs in order to attract Costello’s attention, start working for him and transmit important information to the police.
Everything happens as planned. Costigan is admitted to the Costello gang, and Sullivan is promoted to the Special Investigation Department.
Actors
According to reviews, the roles of actors in the film "The Departed" were highly appreciated by many who watched this picture. True, none of the leading actors were nominated for an Oscar.
The film received 4 statuettes. In addition to the nomination "Best Film of the Year", he was awarded the prize for best director, adapted script and best editing.
In the nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Mark Wahlberg, who played Sergeant Sean Signam, was counting on victory. But the jury awarded the Oscar to Alan Arkin for the role of Edwin Hoover in the comedy drama Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton's Little Miss Happiness.
The main roles were played by real stars of American cinema. In the reviews of the audience about the film "Departed" this was repeatedly noted. Leonardo di Caprio, who played police officer William Costigan, was nominated for an Academy Award four times. Moreover, the first 3 attempts were unsuccessful. The jury praised his work in Martin Scorsese’s military drama The Aviator, in the adventure thriller Edward Zwick's The Blood Diamond and in Martin Scorsese’s biographical drama The Wolf from Wall Street, but the awards went to someone else each time.
He could get his figurine di Caprio only in 2016 for his role in the western "Alejandro G. Iñarrito" Survivor.
Matt Damon, who appeared on the screen in the image of Colin Sullivan, winner of the Oscar for the best original script for the drama by Gus Van Sant "Clever Will Hunting" (together with Ben Affleck). Also on his track record are 4 more nominations for the most prestigious film award in the United States.
The leader of the mafia was played by Jack Nicholson. He has a record 12 Academy Award nominations. We managed to win three times. He received statuettes for his work in Milos Forman’s drama “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in James Brooks' melodrama “The Language of Tenderness,” and in Brook’s comedy, “It Can't Be Better.”
Reviews
Professional critics in the reviews of “The Departed” noted the brilliant play of the actors and the courage of the director, who demonstrated with undisguised anger the rotten state system of the United States.
Many admitted that in connection with this they more liked the original name of the picture, which literally translates from English as "The Dead". But it looked too gloomy at the Russian box office.
But not everyone liked the picture. Most critics in the reviews of The Departed emphasized that they could not watch the tape without looking at the original version of the tape. Therefore, the revised remake has to be evaluated low, due to the fact that it was made with disregard for the main meaning of the original source. Therefore, everyone who saw the Hong Kong version, “The Departed”, most likely, will not like it.
Viewers reviews
In turn, the audience’s reviews of The Departed were good in most cases. For example, on the Kinopoisk website more than 90% of positive reviews. In addition to the acting, which we have already evaluated in this article, viewers emphasize impeccable humor and a fascinating plot. The roles of the actors in the movie "The Departed", according to the audience, were some of the best works in their career.
Those few who did not like the film noted that the investigations conducted by the police are too simple and obvious, the steps of most heroes are predictable. At the same time, the dialogs are poorly spelled out in the tape, the style is completely absent.
The Apostate Drama
It is noteworthy that in 2017 another film with a similar name was released. This is a drama by Ludwig and Paul Shammasyanov "The Apostate", in which Orlando Bloom played the main role.
The main character is called Malcolm. As a child, he received a serious psychological trauma that haunts him throughout his life. For more than ten years, he has been tormented by insults from the people around him, from disappointment, misunderstanding and lack of faith in God. All this is very tormenting the hero.
He will have to step over himself to let go of the past, despite his overwhelming thirst for revenge.
Lead actor
In reviews of the film "The Apostate", critics and viewers note that the success of the film was largely ensured by the leading actor, English actor Orlando Bloom. On his account dozens of roles, many prestigious awards and prizes.
The fame brought him the role of Legolas in the movie trilogy of Peter Jackson "The Lord of the Rings." In recent years, he has been remembered by many as an apprentice of Will Turner, a character in the films of Mount Verbinsky “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: The dead don't tell tales. "
According to reviews, in The Apostate Orlando Bloom played one of his most vivid and memorable roles in several years.
Also on the screen in the lead roles you can see the English actress Janet Montgomery, who played Emma, ​​and Charlie Creed-Miles, who appears in the image of Pal.
What did you like about the movie?
It’s worth saying right away that the reviews about the film “The Apostate” were divided. Those who are sympathetic to the picture of the Shammasyan brothers note that this is an excellently set, albeit very difficult movie about unbearable pain and gradually unbelief.
Bloom plays on the screen of the uncommunicative handyman at a construction site who takes apart buildings ready for demolition. Although he happens to be in a pub with friends and has a girlfriend, he is never truly frank with anyone. It's all about his childhood trauma. At the age of 12 he was raped by a priest. When he turns 25, he is put on a new facility. Malcolm will have to demolish the very church where everything happened more than ten years ago. And when that very priest returns to the city, the darkest thoughts wake up in the soul of the protagonist.
The main advantage of this picture is the incredibly voluminous characters of meticulously prescribed characters. The viewer is at the mercy of a large number of details that gradually shed light on the dark sides of the main character’s consciousness.
Film critics
At the same time, the film was criticized by many film experts. They accuse the filmmakers of overly openly exploiting the topic of pedophilia among priests, which has become extremely popular in recent years in the Catholic Church.
In this picture, social pathos is ultimately replaced by pathopathic sexopathological. Many were outraged by the fact that pedophilia and incest, which were always perceived as the consequences of the difficult social conditions in which people found themselves, suggest that the Shammasyan brothers make it a reason to justify antisocial behavior, problems with the law and in personal life.
The main complaint against the creators of the film is that the main character eventually turns from a victim into a person who is only hiding behind the tragic circumstances that happened to him in childhood to justify his current unfortunate life.