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Title: Lengthy, filled with profanity
Review: I love Jack Nicholson, which is the only reason I picked up this film.The Departed takes much too long to get started. The first 45 minutes could be clipped down to 20 to improve pacing. The profanity was stunning. I'm not a prude, but after the first 20 minutes I thought about just turning it off.That's a shame, because the final 20 minutes of the film are fantastic - a bloody conclusion worthy of crime film fans. The camera work is good, and so is the acting. There were some plot holes that could have been filled had they focused on that, rather than winning the Guinness Book's record for using the "f" bomb.Jack Nicholson's character had the BEST lines, though. I got a good laugh out of several of them.
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