« Austin Screens: "51 Birch Street" | Main | Speaking of "51 Birch Street"... » The DepartedThe buzz about The Departed is all about Jack Nicholson &ndhash; "Jack's Back!" – but the actor who holds the film together isn't Nicholson or DiCaprio or Damon. It's Mark Wahlberg, whose character Dignan, who has the soul and instincts of a ninja, is the moral center. But the rest of the ensemble is pretty great, and the film is a magnficent, tragic American rock opera. Critics who say the film is "light" for Scorses puzzle me. Based on the "Infernal Affairs," its plot may be a little improbabe here and there, but hey, that's opera. One critic complains that Nicholson's performance is over the top, but I would say "larger than life." It works in context. jon posted this at 7:11 AM |
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