The Departed should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.

The Departed
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
🔥 CHARRING THE SCRIPT…
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
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The script for The Departed feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than The Departed.
The Departed: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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Hot Take: The Departed's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the The Departed performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
The cinematography in The Departed is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched The Departed last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Departed?
Director clearly thought The Departed was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
