Public Enemies
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
This movie did not do it for me. It may be that I was too tired for a 2.5 hour movie that moved so slowly... or maybe it just wasn't very good.
This was the story of notorious mobster John Dillinger and the FBI agents to chased him around. It was a typical cat and mouse mobster flick. There were really no new contributions to the bloated genre.
My main problem with the movie was that it refused to have any fun. It took itself WAY to seriously. Depp comes off as flat as Dillinger (one of the only times I have ever been unimpressed with Johnny). There is no joy in his performance and he keeps a stone cold face almost the entire time. The script was pretty terrible as well. It included a lot of campy dialogue, but the delivery was all straight faced. No fun to be had. Also, things seemed jumbled and underdeveloped (a rare thing for a movie this long, you'd think they'd have time to make things clear).
The only thing I really loved about the film was Marion Cotillard. Too bad she didn't have much else to work with. Every character was one dimensional and it ended unceremoniously. The quality of the film used was also off...sort of grainy, but in a home movie sort of way.
I was expecting a fresh spin on the genre for the summer. What I got was a boring movie that need more fun and action. At least the soundtrack was cool.
Lesson learned: Don't team up with a guy named Baby Face.
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