Public Enemies
Film-BookThe disenfranchised, dystrophic probation era is brought to life in Michael Manns Public Enemies, a well acted gangster film...
Are You Screening?Great construction. Great acting. Interesting story. Solid recreation of the era. Call it A-
Cinema BlendPublic Enemies is a series of theses, not a story, and nothing in Mann's bag of tricks makes it cohere.
Fused FilmIn an obvious starring vehicle for Johnny Depp, Michael Manns attempt to paint John Dillinger in a somewhat folk hero light ...
News in FilmMann has an eye for action, that much is clear, but at times the digital lens is distractingly crisp and the prevalent, clos...
Get the Big PictureIt's not beyond Michael Mann to make a bad film, although it's more likely that he'll make a good one. But he misses here.
E! OnlineJohnny Depp and Christian Bale star in a karaoke version of a gangster epic. You'll recognize the melancholy tones, but the ...
ColliderI can appreciate directors for not giving audiences what they expect. Playing into audience expectations can usually be the...
San Francisco Chronicle"Public Enemies" has everything else. Director Michael Mann has taken the story of John Dillinger, the notorious bank robber...
ReelViewsThere's something almost old-fashioned about Michael Mann's Public Enemies, a mostly factual re-telling of the descent and d...
Chicago TribuneYou don't go to a Michael Mann movie for realism. You go for the sleek, threatening glamor of crime and punishment. From "Th...
Entertainment WeeklyThe massive financial rip-off masterminded by Bernard Madoff, an extended crime spree that harmed thousands, is proof enough...
CinematicalThat Mann recognized this and was able to so sublimely illustrate it shows that, not only has he made the connection between...
FilmShaft...while we all think we know what were seeing, and while we certainly feel fully immersed in this period piece, it doesnt f...
FilmcriticIf you come here looking for history or over-the-top action, Public Enemies will likely disappoint.
Chicago Sun-TimesHere is a film that shrugs off the way we depend on myth to sentimentalize our outlaws.
VarietyMichael Mann ambitiously tries to forge the historical, iconographic and cultural aspects of American gangsterdom in "Public...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Michael Mann
Writer: Ronan Bennett
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Release: July 1, 2009
Writer: Ronan Bennett
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Release: July 1, 2009
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