Review of Live by Night (2016) by Andy F — 31 Jul 2017

I thought the movie was in trouble from the trailer.....i was right.

This review of Live by Night (2016) was written by Andy F on 31 Jul 2017.

Live by Night has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Spencer A (77) on 17 Oct 2018

While it possesses some generic tones, Live By Night has a unique design and style. Bolstered by a great cast Live By Night is an interesting story…

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Very nice gangster effort LIVE BY NIGHT is a tour-de-force gangster epic from Ben Affleck, set in 1920s Florida where rival gangsters seem…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cut Print Film (3) on 03 Oct 2018

A wrongheaded attempt at a noir thriller that manages to make cinema's coolest genre look utterly, irredeemably ridiculous…

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By Aurelita Z (22) on 29 Sep 2017

Ben Aflack is a hard character to grasp in this film, but it is still enjoyable…

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By Rendy Jones (321) for Rendy Reviews (320) on 29 Aug 2018

The equivalent of ordering Little Caesar's pizza; It looks so pretty on the outside but has little to no taste on the inside…

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In the roaring '20s, Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies…

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By Oliver G (189) on 26 Nov 2017

(5.0 out of 6) When we see getting in and out is easy when others don't see it coming…

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By Wonderz (134) on 09 Jul 2018

I just saw it using boxxy software and think it was great! Wonderful cast! Great storyline, slightly weak ending…

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By Anne Brodie (132) for What She Said (131) on 23 Aug 2018

Unrelieved dead eye sensibility may have been intended to express the dead souls of the characters but it's a poor cinematic choice…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 16 Oct 2017

With a running time of more than two hours, this sprawling, would-be epic needed to deliver far more…

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