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this movie was a worth my money and it had so much drama and action in it i could not take my eys away it stars johny depp c bale and this movie was a pehnominal pice of work mann you are my hero

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Posted aug 29, 2009 3:14 pm pt

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Public Enemies is a terrible movie
, it failed on every level.

I expected a lot more from Michael Mann. He is one of my favorite directors. He has done so many good to great films from Collateral, Manhunter, The Last of the...
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Public Enemies is a terrible movie
, it failed on every level.

I expected a lot more from Michael Mann. He is one of my favorite directors. He has done so many good to great films from Collateral, Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans to Heat.

The script/writing for this film was terrible. The way writers put the film together was all wrong.

The pace of the film will put you to sleep. The was no drama, because you just won't care about anyone in this film. The action was pathetically done with grainy film to I guess make it feel more realistic.

The music...well there virtually was none and when there was some it wasn't very good.

The acting had to be my biggest disappointment. Everyone seemed like robots no emotion, almost like they were sleep walking through the film. Christian Bale trying to destroy his reputation as a good actor this year. First Terminator and now this film. Then there was Johnny Depp who I think is a great actor, he was the only thing truly worth while in the Pirate of the Caribbean movies. But in this movie he just looked bored uninterested.

Then there was the running time of the film at about 2 1/2 hours long seemed like a eternity. I kept hoping the film would just end. And I know some of you will fall asleep watching this movie. I know I saw people asleep in the showing I went to and many were laughing at how bad it was.

Overall this has to be one of the worst movies I've seen in a theater in a long time. If you want to learn about John Dillinger watch the History Channel show about him and the other guys from that time or read a book I guarantee you'll be more entertained that way.

I just can't believe I couldn't find anything redeeming about this film but I couldn't. I think the last film I saw like that was Battlefield Earth and that's saying something about this film.

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Posted jul 2, 2009 11:38 am pt

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First off if you read my blog yesterday you already know I loved this film but I kind of new it was going to be good. Public Enemies may not be for everyone it is a dark film much like last summers The Dark Knight, if your bored of watching robots...
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First off if you read my blog yesterday you already know I loved this film but I kind of new it was going to be good. Public Enemies may not be for everyone it is a dark film much like last summers The Dark Knight, if your bored of watching robots and superheroes fighting each other than this is the movie you would want to go see. There is many fine performances from the cast most notably from Johnny Depp who could be in with a run in with a Oscar nomination for his performance as John Dillinger, Dillinger robs banks and is the most wanted man in America, him and his gang travel America hitting banks every where so then Christian Bale's character Melvin Purvis has to arrest him and his gang, the movie opening hlaf hour has some of the best Tommy gun action I have seen ever after all the shooting Dillinger meets a girl called Billie Frechette played by the brilliant Marion Cotillard, The best acted scenes in the film are between these two actors and it makes for good change after a lot of shooting. Public Enemies is by far the best movie of the year and I think this may be difficult to beat. Michael Mann's directing is superb although I think he could have gave a bit more time to Dillinger's gang. I have not mentioned much of Bale so I will. His acting was what I expected and not much of a departure from what you may have already seen him in, he plays another cold character in which he plays those type of roles really well. You will be surprised that Depp and Bale have only one scene together with dialogue but this was a fun scene between the two actors.

The best part of the film comes about forty five minutes towards the end in which there is a massive gunfight between Dillinger's gang and the cops, It lasts for about fifteen to twenty minutes of cat and mouse running and tommy gun firing. I particularly liked Stephen Graham's scenes here, he portrays Baby Face Nelson, Nelson is probably the evilest out of the crew and Graham plays him well although it was funny sometimes when his voice would change from New York to Liverpool. Public Enemies is about 140 minutes long but it seemed to fly by when I watched it, There was many memorable moments that makes this film different to other gangster films and it was great to see Michael Mann back on form after the very poor Miami Vice. There was a surprisingly small role for Channing Tatum, I didn't even notice it was him but he was only in the film for about five minutes, he played Pretty Boy Floyd.

Overall Public Enemies was a fantastic take on Dillinger and his gang, it never disappoints with some great action sequences and fantastic acting from the entire cast. Best movie for a long time 10 out of 10.

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Posted jul 1, 2009 6:05 pm pt

• [+] Empire
  
  100
  Intelligent and challenging: Mann's crime epic could take two viewings to fully absorb, but it's worth every devoted minute.

  by Ian Nathan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  100
  This is the purest of American narratives, and this, indeed, is one of our finest storytellers.

  by Matthew Sorrento | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  90
  Simultaneously an art film and a crime film, Mann's latest work may not give you a ton to hang on to emotionally, but the beauty and skill of the filmmaking keep you tightly in its grasp.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  A grave and beautiful work of art.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  90
  Mann's exhilarating movie exists in a state of perpetual forward motion.

  by Scott Foundas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  88
  Public Enemies comes at you like Dillinger did: all of a sudden. It's movie dynamite.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  88
  Without ever telling viewers what to think or how to feel, it raises more questions about the corruption of crime and crime fighting than any expose or thesis.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  This is a very good film, with Depp and Bale performances of brutal clarity. I'm trying to understand why it is not quite a great film. I think it may be because it deprives me of some stubborn need for closure.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  88
  Michael Mann's extraordinary Public Enemies is an unusual sort of gangster picture, a near-impressionistic recreation of the last year in the life of one of American history's most notorious bank robbers.

  by Rene Rodriguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
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  The picture throws off an aura of wistfulness, which may be Mann's acknowledgment that of course he can't re-create the past. The best he can do is to honor the idea of it, storybook-style, and to remind us that before there was gangsta, there were gangsters.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  Cotillard doesn't look part Native American or sound like a Thirties Chicago moll, but damned if she isn't a sight and sound to behold. Whatever her technical limitations, she rises above them to breathe a flesh, blood, and battered verisimilitude into the part. You can't tear your eyes off her, any more than you can Mann's flawed but still engrossing picture.

  by Kimberley Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  75
  This is better than your average bio-pic. The dynamic established between the motivation of Bale's and Depp's characters is really what makes this film. Kudos also go out to Channing Tatum as Pretty Boy Floyd.

  by Robert Calvert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  75
  The problem here is that while some of Mann's work is overwhelmingly great, the sum of it simply never compels.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  If Public Enemies lacks anything, it's something audiences can't legitimately expect to find: a certain EXTRA something.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  For people who loved "Heat," this is a tour de force.

  by Cammila Albertson | Read Full Review »