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By Fico Cangiano (235) for CineXpress (235) on 23 Jan 2017

Live by Night is Ben Affleck's weakest direction so far. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 21 Jan 2017

It's been four years since Ben Affleck directed Argo. It feels like a hundred…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 21 Jan 2017

It's a solid nod to old-school gangster flicks…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 20 Jan 2017

Even though it's burdened by Ben Affleck's limited range and some other bothersome issues, I'm a sucker for period pieces and with a few exceptions,…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 20 Jan 2017

Easier to admire for its visuals than it is to love for its story or its heart…

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By Nick Dent (153) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 20 Jan 2017

The movie has punchy dialogue and is ravishing to look at, with production design that borrows from great movies set in the same milieu including…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 20 Jan 2017

Individual sequences are also compellingly handled and, as Affleck has demonstrated in his previous films as director…

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By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 20 Jan 2017

Wisps of what could have been, these moments smoke away from the barrel of this sprawling spectacle's rapid-fire tommy-gun, dead by light…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 19 Jan 2017

Live by Night has slipped into theaters without a stir. The reason, regrettably, is that it's unexpectedly lifeless…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 19 Jan 2017

Every one of the movie's 128 minutes reverberates with phoniness…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Jan 2017

The painstaking period art direction, bloody gunplay and colorful supporting hoodlums should amuse mob-movie fans, but the turgid, complacent…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 19 Jan 2017

Once Affleck’s Joe gets to Florida, Live by Night loses its pulse and you’re left with a lot of pale characters, secondhand plotting, and…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Jan 2017

It doesn’t help matters that the movie seems to end three times before it ends, and none of those ends are satisfying…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 17 Jan 2017

The early scenes have a certain gritty intensity, but once Coughlin heads south the film loses focus, and Affleck is cast adrift as the only…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 17 Jan 2017

First rate production values back up the good character acting but there is little new added to the prohibition gangster genre…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 17 Jan 2017

In his fourth feature as a director, Ben Affleck is stuck with an inert screenplay and a bland leading man…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 17 Jan 2017

An unfocused but stylish old-fashioned Warner brothers gangster film…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 16 Jan 2017

One of the film's final set pieces is so wonderfully staged that it reminds you what skill Affleck has with the camera…

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By Israel Acosta Aroche (83) for Konexión (253) on 16 Jan 2017

Everything pointed out that Affleck could have done a better job, or maybe the expectations were too high after having films better than this…

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By Mabel Salinas (101) for Cine Premiere (538) on 16 Jan 2017

Live By Night is the weakest work of Ben Affleck's trajectory as a director and not even the good cast that backs it manages to get the movie…

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