Johnny Depp,
Christian Bale,
Billy Crudup,
Stephen Dorff,
Giovanni Ribisi
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The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009
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February 1, 2010I reallly liked it! I think this was return 2 form for Micheal Mann. The acting was great as well as the characters they were playing. I just felt like something was missing though within the story, I hope there a longer cut on DVD!
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January 30, 2010The beauty of Johnny Depp's body of work is his insistence on playing flawed, tormented souls and this movie's no exception. Flawlessly choreographed action sequences shot on Sony's F-23 cameras - the future of digital cinematography, a well paced script (though it lags a bit in ...( read more)
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January 23, 2010I thought Public Enemies was a great movie. I love period history pieces, and I have always been a fan of the gangster/crime movies. I knew John Dillinger's story, so I knew how the story would pan out. But, that didn't effect my experience seeing this film, or the fact that I ap...( read more)
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January 9, 2010A spectacular masterpiece no questions asked. It's American Gangster meets The Untouchables. It's the best, most detailed and most constructed crime film of the decade. A stylish, slick, classy and pistol packing crime drama. Director, Michael Mann's best film in years. It stands...( read more)
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December 28, 2009This is the kind of movie where much like the film "Capote" you might say, "Well...that wasn't super interesting, but it can be excused because it's history, and history isn't the movies". You might say that, except this movie is so ridiculously historically inaccurate that it b...( read more)
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February 9, 2010Finally watched this, and wasn't impressed or dissappointed. Not Micheal Mann's best and Depp and Bale were just mediocre through out the entirety of the film. I was entertained and kept watching. Worth checking out.
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February 8, 2010una excelente actuación por parte de johnny depp!!! aparte de que se ve muy guapo!!!
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February 8, 2010Meh. Long, mildly interesting but not enjoyable enough and a really bad script with a serious lack of character development! Frustratingly lit too. Amazing costumes, cars, locations but we never get to see them because it's too dark, but I guess that's the point. Interesting use ...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
July 3, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
July 2, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The best rejoinder to Public Enemies is Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal video... It's a tommy-gun gangster fantasia with a touch of Guys and Dolls, and it's everything Public Enemies isn't. full review
July 1, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Mann not only lacks the narrative efficiency of old genre filmmaking, Public Enemies' look inspires the opposite of movie love. full review
July 1, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It fits neatly on the shelf with Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather. full review
July 1, 2009
Pete Hammond, Back Stage
Michael Mann's sharp-looking movie is a worthy vehicle for Depp, even if it doesn't break any new ground in the well-worn gangster genre. full review
July 1, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Director Michael Mann mounts a technically proficient, visually enthralling crime drama anchored by the low-key but captivating performance of Johnny Depp as legendary bank robber John Dillinger. full review
July 1, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately an odd blend of frustrating and satisfying. full review
June 30, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
What's strangely missing from this social picture is any image of the economic misery that made Dillinger a folk hero. full review
June 30, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Here is a film that shrugs off the way we depend on myth to sentimentalize our outlaws. full review
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July 4, 2009As of right now, ONLY 73% of flixster users have given PUBLIC ENEMIES a positive score! Wow... just wow.
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February 12, 2009If this film cannot surpass John Milius's "Dilliger" (including showing the Black member of the gang, only shown in that film and in Bogart's "Petrified Forest") I will say it SUCKS major a$$!!!...Same with the Thompson SMG's, not that commonly used in real life, unlike in fictional Hollywood gangster films and TV shows like "Untouchables"...If you have not seen the original Dillinger, go here...
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September 28, 2008I'm getting SO impatient!!!!
C'mon...at least a trailer! This is so torturous!!
GAHHHHHHHH
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July 13, 2008
All you lucky people who live in America!!!!! You're going to see him....or you LIVE ACROSS THE FUCKING STREET WHERE THEYRE FILMING!!! AHHHH
WHY? WHY do I have to live in Australia?!? It's not fair...it really isn't fair....
SPASM SPASMROLLONTHEGROUNDEATCEREAL!!!! AHH!
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July 10, 2008So fucking cool that you get to see them.
Question: Why/How in hell does a movie that hasn't been made yet - get 4.5 average?
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June 20, 2008dude dude dude dude !!!! they're filming right across the street were i live!!!! i was like OMG when they said johnny depp is in it so was my BFF
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