Review of Live by Night (2016) by Alison S — 16 Jan 2017

Loved it. Brilliant story and great acting.

This review of Live by Night (2016) was written by Alison S on 16 Jan 2017.

Live by Night has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Clairvoyance (5) on 06 Oct 2021

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 Stagger74 (1) on 11 Jul 2021

Live by night is a slick, action packed crime thriller…

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By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 27 Nov 2021

First off, those accents…

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By Mahmus (190) on 25 Sep 2020

Ben Affleck is a great director, but this was just really, really boring. The best thing about this movie is Elle Fanning…

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By Vicinity578 (29) on 15 Aug 2021

Ben gives an intriguing performance in Live By Night. Ben's character is very clever & he outsmarts his rivals with his ingenuity…

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By Rialto (13) on 12 Aug 2021

I don't fathom what people didn't comprehend about this. The movie was very fine…

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By Paul C (2,626) on 22 Oct 2017

Long but well written and directed. Good old gangster movie…

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By Bradford Y (54) on 23 Jan 2018

Ben Affleck makes immensely enjoyable movies . . . LIVE BY NIGHT being no exception. What Ben may do for women…

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By Niall Browne (53) for Movies in Focus (52) on 02 Nov 2018

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls - Ben Affleck's Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama…

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By Oriole (2) on 06 Oct 2020

Um filme de mafia aonde tentaram transformar o mafioso no mocinho puritano antiracista…

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