i be give a dvd of public enemy and be expect it to be the 2009 version but it wasn not it be this . sure and it wasn not the great movie i have ever see not by any mean but and heck folk and it be worth more that 2. positive . when i saw that abysmal rating on imdb and i wonder what i be go to get but and since the disc be in the player and i settle down to watch it . a other commentator have point out and public enemy be not a historical movie per se and i note that and unlike the 2009 version ( which i haven not see yet ) imdb doesn not categorise it a such . come on people . it a story base on some real people that all . if i want a history lesson and i would sit at this computer and read wikipedia or something . ma barker ( actual name arizona or arrie barker ) be never even charge with any crime and and a other commentator have already point out and she probably never even take part in her son activity . they send her to the movie when they be work . ( i hope she wasn not as critical a some of those who watch this movie . ) theresa russell have the never too easy task of portray a woman from the age of 17 right through to her death at the age of 52 from a young girl run from home to the harden mother of four hoodlum son . i think she do it pretty well . the cheeky little smile she use in more than one scene be classical . ok and i will agree with some of the critic that the direction of this film be below par and i sympathise with the actor over that . theresa should have tell the director to forget the topless shot they do not contribute to the story . maybe some big name star would have manage to inject some of their own expertise into override the poor direction whereas the second grader weren not quite that brave . who know . but and whilst this be certainly no block buster and it be worth more than 2 . 8. i have all my dvd on a personal database where i score them before look at the imdb score ( although that sometimes influence slight change later ) . i take what i get on it own merit rather than hold one movie up against others of the same genre and this one i felt be entertain enough to get 6 . 8 . ( yep and i will accept that such a practice do tend to depend on my mood at the time and but then isn not that also true of those who vote on imdb . ) however and you may imagine my surprise when i look at imdb and saw the pitiful score it get here . give the surprise and i decide to read a few of the other comment in the hope of understand the low rating and i notice that they be quite polarised . i agree with those who say the movie be worth watching and come to the conclusion that some people be just hard to please . well and since some be absolutely scathing and why do not they get out there and make some good movie . i will look forward to the gem they must be able to turn out . on the other hand and if they can not do that and then why do not they just shut up .