Review of Live by Night (2016) by Scuffle — 20 Oct 2021

Daydreaming.

Not exactly of course. And if you want to get a high position in a criminal organization, you probably should never sleep, let anyone out of your eye sight and be strapped all the time. But this may make this sound a lot more action paced than it is. This actually takes a page (or more) from older crime movies, especially when it comes to its pacing and storytelling in general.

That may not be everyone's case of course, so that will be up to you. Still you can't fault the movie for its quality and while it is not another "Town" (though that eventually happens too, no pun intended), this does move correctly into a different territory and shows off Ben Afflecks other qualities. A strong and stellar cast in a slow burning movie ...