The Public Enemy Reviews and Ratings



  • October 9, 2007
    Caney+Grapefruit=Legend
    Jean Harlow is quite the looker too. Nice Gams on that one.
  • October 2, 2007
    Cagney at his first and most FRESH era as a gangster that gets in over his head and ends with a bang. It is so good that I'm surprised that it isn't rated as one THE best gangster movies.
  • September 15, 2007
    The classic barriers of good and evil are very evident in this film, but yet the charisma of James Cagney's evil Tom Powers makes this film as entertaining and thrilling as any other of it's quality. The ending is so blunt and poignant that it will really hit home.
  • September 12, 2007
    I liked a lot of it, but the studio's moralizing at the beginning and end left a bad taste in my mouth.
  • September 6, 2007
    (review in progress)
  • August 8, 2007
    Cagney at his best. Brutal and engaging, which is saying something for the time period of its release.
  • July 27, 2007
    One of the classic old school gangster films, it's a little simplistic in it's characterizastion, but Cagney breathes life into the character with his usual intensity, and it features one of the most famous scenes in cinema history.
  • June 13, 2007
    Definitive Cagney. Worth seeing for the grapefruit scene alone.
  • May 8, 2007
    Classic gangster movie.
  • May 6, 2007
    One of the TOP classic James Cagney has ever down to show his true ganster! A must see film!
  • May 4, 2007
    A ganster film done right.
  • March 28, 2007
    Classic. It started the gangster theme, and launched James Cagney, one of my favorites.
  • March 10, 2007
    BEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD!!!
  • February 6, 2007
    The quintessential gangster film. This classic is the closest we we can get to the menace that still haunts American streets to this day. The Public Enemy is not a bad boy gone to pot, but a young man who ran out of options in an extremely unjust society. This is not to say that...( read more) crime is ever a great career choice, but we can see why some weaker individuals who do not use their brains for good, could get the wrong ideas and favor a life of crime. Crime is, of course, not the way out, but digs the victim of such thinking deeper and deeper in the hole. The ultimate outcome is that all criminals are going to be punished sooner or later.
  • February 6, 2007
    this guy is one of the first ganstas that is for sure
  • December 30, 2006
    It's a good film. The relationship between James Cagney's character and his brother stands out for me. Too short though, so leaves little time for much character development (which is strange seeing as the film is not plot driven atall).
  • December 29, 2006
    I enjoyed this, performances of James Cagney Jean Harlow
  • December 10, 2006
    Quite a poor movie to say the least..... Certainly not worth the time to watch it.
  • December 3, 2006
    I would like to see this, i think...
  • November 5, 2006
    james cagney is an amazing actor
  • September 26, 2006
    a true classic. the gangster genre owes everything to this
  • June 14, 2006
    Cagney's gangster breakthrough
  • June 13, 2006
    James Cageny at his best!
  • March 8, 2006
    Classic gangster film.

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