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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 16 Jan 2017

Writer/director/star Ben Affleck gives 'Live By Night' touches of 'Scarface,' 'Gangs of New York,' and 'The Godfather.' However, his very good-looking…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 16 Jan 2017

It's very handsomely made and occasionally sparks into life, such as when Joe comes up against the local Klu Klux Klan, but it feels thin and…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Jan 2017

It feels like a facsimile of prohibition America, a Vegas casino recreation rather than the real thing, lacking the grit and spit and sawdust…

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By Dana Barbuto (184) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 15 Jan 2017

The superior first act is very much a Boston movie, beefed up by the presence of the always-terrific Brendan Gleeson as Joe's top-cop father,…

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By Michael A. Smith (689) for MediaMikes (371) on 14 Jan 2017

Directed with an obvious love for the genre, Live By Night is a stylish - man did they know how to dress back then - film that overcomes some…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 14 Jan 2017

There's nothing inherently wrong with Ben Affleck's warmed-over plate of gangland goulash -- it's a gorgeous production, meticulously put together…

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By Ben Kendrick (300) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 14 Jan 2017

Live by Night is a dense and disorganized movie adaptation in which Ben Affleck covers too much ground for any one story or character to succeed…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 13 Jan 2017

Like those cars, Live by Night manages to get viewers to their destination, but it's a bumpy and uncomfortable ride…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 13 Jan 2017

Affleck the director has a good eye for detail, but he was let down by Affleck the screenwriter and Affleck the actor, who gives the weakest…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 13 Jan 2017

If only we were given a plausible reason for Joseph battling through a bloodbath in a white linen suit and not getting a spot of anything on…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 13 Jan 2017

A popcorn movie in a genre that is no longer popular…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 13 Jan 2017

In a movie that gradually reveals its mediocrity, Affleck's droopy star performance speeds up disappointment with the final effort…

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By Roger Tennis (246) for Cinemaclips.com (246) on 13 Jan 2017

Director Ben Affleck, who also wrote the screenplay based on Dennis Lehane's crime novel, has crafted an almost epic gangster film with mixed results…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 13 Jan 2017

The movie, for all its technical genius, even with such a strong, electrifying cast, just isn't very good, and as such watching it shoot so…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 13 Jan 2017

Stylish, entertaining, with well-staged violence, if not original or great…

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By Mark Hughes (145) for Forbes (586) on 13 Jan 2017

[A] smart, sultry, thrilling piece of gangster fiction in the best traditions of classic Hollywood gangster movies of the 1930s and 1940s while…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 13 Jan 2017

Individual sequences, moments and performances sometimes work fairly well…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 13 Jan 2017

It feels like it's the first movie Affleck has ever made, not the fourth…

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By Rashid Irani (192) for Hindustan Times (753) on 13 Jan 2017

Affleck balances the labyrinthine plot with pulse-quickening suspense and vivid production design…

Review of Live by Night (2016)

By Dirk Libbey (36) for CinemaBlend (829) on 13 Jan 2017

A lovely to look at, but otherwise forgettable film…

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