spokeswoman Alice Tam, he felt that the combination of the two female characters into one in The Departed was not as good as the original storyline. A few critics were disappointed in the film, including J. Hoberman of the Village Voice, who wrote: "Infernal Affairs was surprisingly cool and effectively restrained for HK action, but Scorsese raises the temperature with every ultraviolent interaction. The surplus of belligerence and slur reach near-Tarantinian levels—appropriate as he's staking a claim to QT's turf." Top ten lists The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006. Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal, Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it one of the top ten films of 2006. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times named it the best film of the 2000s. 1st – Richard Roeper, Ebert and Roeper 1st – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 1st – Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald 1st – Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club 1st – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 1st – Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 1st – James Berardinelli, ReelViews 2nd – Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun 2nd – Adam Kempenaar, Filmspotting 2nd – Keith Phipps, The A.V. Club 2nd – Kyle Smith, New York Post 2nd – Mike Russell, The Oregonian 2nd – Richard James Havis, The Hollywood Reporter 2nd – Richard Schickel, TIME 3rd – Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter 4th – Glenn Kenny, Premiere 4th – Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle 4th – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune 4th – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times 5th – Empire 5th – David Ansen, Newsweek 5th – Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times 5th – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly 5th – Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post 6th – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post 6th – Jack Mathews, Daily News 6th – Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club 6th – Ty Burr, The Boston Globe 7th – Nathan Lee, The Village Voice 7th – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club 7th – Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle 8th – Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun 9th – Claudia Puig, USA Today 9th – Desson Thomson, The Washington Post 9th – Lou Lumenick, New York Post 9th – Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter Accolades At the 64th Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2007, The Departed won one award for Best Director