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(1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1   2.5/5 "The choice of digital tends to only exacerbate the films many flaws. It even reveals the imperfections of Johnny Depp's face. Who wants to see that?"   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke 3/5 "Like Dillinger, the film lives fast, only to die young."   Little White Lies   Anton Bitel "Another intriguing performance by Johnny Depp is the highlight of 'Public Enemies,' a film not always easy to follow."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B+ "The narrative has a few holes, but on the whole this will please fans of the genre and those looking for an accessible document of John Dillinger's life."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/5 "Mann may believe he is pushing the edge with his newfound affection for digital, but Public Enemies is really old fashioned filmmaking."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron 2/5 "There are powerful images that sear into your brain upon contact with your eyes but PUBLIC ENEMIES clearly wants to alienate the audience as much as it engages them."   Kinetofilm   Brian Holcomb D+ "Visually, Enemies is pure, reckless masturbation, picking exhaustive immediacy over needed finesse and restraint. For those expecting a chic thrill ride of cops and robbers, Public Enemies is not that picture."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "By the time director Michael Mann gets around to making clear his intention of creating a throwback to Hollywood gangster films of the '30s, "Public Enemies" has long since worn out its welcome."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 6/10 "Sensational and turbulent, the relationship between John Dillinger and Melvin Purvis sold newspapers and attracted newsreel audiences. It was good for business."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "...Mann's head-scratching use of bottom-of-the-barrel HD cameras ensures that each and every shot looks as though it were filmed in somebody's backyard."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B "Has the innovative looks and cool appeal to take you under its charged cinematic spell and win you over."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "Downright amazing in the ways it has gone wrong. Taking into account the talent involved in front of and behind the camera, the finished product is almost a travesty."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "An impeccably produced crime drama that doesn't trade intelligence for excitement and offers plenty of both."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "We've been left with a film that can't settle on which history it wants to tell and ends up dispelling the myth that a new film by Michael Mann is a cause worth celebrating."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "Uses the gangster movie form to say something profound and unexpected about the way we respond to evil."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "An experimental film masked as a studio blockbuster"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C "A stylish stiff, hobbled by surprisingly uncharismatic lead performances from its stars."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "A dull and lifeless gangster movie that immediately disappears from the mind."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B "You've seen it before, but may as well see it again, given the sturdiness of the storytelling%u2014and how handsome it looks."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "Although Public Enemies does not ascend to the heights of Bonnie and Clyde or The Untouchables, it is nevertheless an effective depiction of the final months of the life of one of the United States' most infamous criminals."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "a cool and calculated throwback to the romanticized heyday of gangster films"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/5 "Public Enemies isn't quite a summer blockbuster -- but it's got more brains and guts than almost anything else playing out there, and stands as a fascinating movie to think about over the 4th of July."   Redbox   James Rocchi 7/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 2/4 "My biggest gripe lies with Mann, who mixes movie metaphors like a mad scientist."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 47/100 "Public Enemies traffics in the accumulation of detail at the expense of a big picture."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "It simply doesn't posses the same sort of testosterone-fueled intensity and bravado that made the filmmaker's earlier effort something of a classic in the action genre."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "Though it provides no insight into its subject, Michael Mann's John Dillinger biopic is still an engrossing period piece, thanks largely to the director's sure hand and signature style."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 2.5/5 "hit the link to read the full review"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3/5 "You would think that sexy 1930's gangsters using excessive force and chasing around in gorgeous cars would at least be enough to help me forget that I need to do some laundry, but you would be wrong."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 4/5 "It might sound damning to say that the film resembles a bullet-riddled carcass just barely clinging to life, but it’s exactly this ephemeral sensation, which Mann sustains for the entire two hours plus, that distinguishes Public Enemies."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich A- "...one of the most exciting and fresh films of the year."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[F]rustrating and fascinating... Backstory? Forget it. Motivations? Never mind. This is a movie that exists completely in its own moment -- not in the past, not in the future."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 5/5 "This is the purest of American narratives, and this, indeed, is one of our finest storytellers."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 3.5/4 "Public Enemies is, at its core, a fascinating portrait of criminal narcissism."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "In this diligent but somehow chilly and uninvolving retelling of the story the details seems right and Depp delivers a performance of enormous depth, maturity and appeal."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "Public Enemies fizzles at the moment of detonation."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "Evoca o embate de personalidades (e de diferentes lados da Lei) visto em outras obras do cineasta."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "A sumptuously designed and minutely detailed work that manages to remain compelling despite its essential familiarity while featuring top-notch contributions from everyone on both sides of the camera."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4.5/5 "Mann approaches this film almost like poetry, using fine camerawork and editing to focus on internal emotions"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "Though less ravishing than Miami Vice, Public Enemies again finds Michael Mann forging new ground in the digital arts."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick B+ "Public Enemies succeeds in having its cake and eating it too, exemplifying Hollywood filmmaking the way it's supposed to be."   Mania.com   Rob Vaux "An honest to goodness grown-up epic in the season of adolescent fantasies and overpriced empty action spectacles..."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 2/4 "More enamored with the Dillinger myth than with the actual man."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell C "With its well-staged stickups and shootouts … it seems to be all surface — a glossy updating of 1930s Hollywood gangster melodrama without any substantial commentary or insight."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 8/10 "Awesome, action-packed and enthralling..."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "The film is not great, but it is very good in most respects, and a few isolated moments achieve greatness."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2/4 "a collection of beautiful pictures as inert as a coffee-table book."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/4 Read review   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten  (1 - 49) of 49 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1