Johnny Depp,
Christian Bale,
Marion Cotillard,
Billy Crudup,
Jason Clarke
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From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the country’s most captivating and infamous outlaws — John Dillinger. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbea...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009
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Stats: 29,686 reviews
Flixster Reviews (29,686)
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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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December 21, 2009Great cast, great action. Excellent gangster movie took me back to the Untouchables. One of my all time favorites ..
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December 21, 2009Solid movie, the cast was perfect, storyline was really good, even though some bits were slow paced, the whole movie was excellent. Two big thumbs up for this one!
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December 18, 2009There were some really cool scenes, and the film making was overall really good, but I found my mind wandering a bit too much (no, that doesn't usually happen). They could have kept up the pace a bit.
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December 29, 2009Another gangster movie but this time with many great names.
And I don't know why not better than other one.
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December 29, 2009Good movie, Johnny Depp is wonderful as always. Decent action flick, but not really anything special. Better than the Jesse James movie with Brad Pitt though (The Assassination of Jesse James).
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December 28, 2009the star i rated applies to the small aesthetic details that appeared in some scenes. everything else was extremly boring, unchallenging...nothing exceptionally entertaining.
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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
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Director Michael Mann has taken the story of John Dillinger, and has made from it a drama full of dread and atmosphere, a 140-minute film that in no way seems long, that's a succession of compelling s... 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
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie ends with a line of dialogue so startlingly inane that it leaves the picture flapping on the screen like a punctured balloon. It may be the most brutal moment in the whole movie. full review
July 1, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately an odd blend of frustrating and satisfying. full review
June 30, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Public Enemies has everything going for it except a reason and a script. 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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