It takes a while, but this movie finally gets under your skin, and you lose yourself in Michael Mann. As I sat there and ticked off things to criticize -- comparisons to 'Bonnie and Clyde,' little attention paid to the Depression, why a Welshman plays Melvin Purvis -- what happened is what always happens at a great movie. The movie-lover shuffles off his mortal coil by losing himself at the movies.
I sit, shortly after, still in awe of Michael Mann....
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