By Christopher Heard • July 3, 2009 • Category: Films Public Enemies was probably the only movie I was actually waiting for this summer with any sense of excitement or anticipation. Johnny Depp is on a real tear right now, so is Christian Bale, and director Michael Mann, for my money, has never made a bad movie. Some of his movies are better than others but they are all extremely well made and usually very interesting. That said I have to say I did not love Public Enemies the way I had hoped I would. The script is really good, Mann’s staging of the events, many quite loyal to historical fact, is top notch as always. Depp as Depression era desperado John Dillinger is very good. Bale as G-man Melvin Purvis is one-note, but good. Billy Crudup as J. Edgar Hoover is good. Stephen Graham as Baby Face Nelson is very good. But the... [read full story]
