Review of Live by Night (2016) by John Beifuss for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) — 19 Jan 2017
The painstaking period art direction, bloody gunplay and colorful supporting hoodlums should amuse mob-movie fans, but the turgid, complacent storytelling is the antithesis of the snap and irony that made the gangster film an essential American genre.
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This review of Live by Night (2016) was written by John Beifuss and published by Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) on 19 Jan 2017.
Live by Night has generally received mixed reviews.
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