Public Enemies – 4

What an expensively handsome emotional zero! A film eulogizing a murdering bank robber was probably misconceived to begin with, but then to direct both John Dillinger and G-man Melvin Purvis as one-dimensional ensured that our sympathies would not be engaged. The love interest, played by Marion Cotillard, set off no sparks, either. The only character who showed any signs of psychological struggle was the Romanian call-girl threatened with deportation if she didn’t finger Dillinger. Interestingly, my only question at movie’s end was, did she get shipped out after all – not did Purvis commit suicide 27 years later, as the credits gratuitously informed us. The clothing and the bank architecture were fun to watch, though.