2006 - The Departed: "I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."

2006 Best Picture

Premiered September 26, 2006 in New York

Budget $90 Million

Gross $132.3 Million

This movie is a cross between The Godfather and On The Waterfront.  The movie, while quirky at times, is engaging and well acted. The plot had many twists and turns and kept us guessing until the credits. The casting was also well done with Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen and Mark Walhberg.

On the downside, the movie is gruff in terms of violence and profanity (PluggedIn.com counted over 200 F-Words). The writers went out of their way to convey the rough Boston police and criminal scene.

Callie

Favorite: I liked that DiCaprio and Damon were made to look so similar even though there were on the opposite side of the law.

Least Favorite: I did not like the ending.

Joel

Favorite: Unlike Callie, I did like the ending.

Least Favorite: The writers went out of the way to portray Boston bad guys and cops as extremely vulgar guys.