Review of Live by Night (2016) by Theateam7734 — 12 Apr 2018

It is understandable that Ben Affleck's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel is unable to contain the same effect as the book, due to the amount of depth the themes and multiple subplots go into. The film makes an attempt to contain as much as is possible, yet in doing this has a little bit of everything, but not enough of anything.

Sticking to the main plot, there are good performances and the amount of effort in production design is not to be overlooked. However, the movie skimps on the importance of various angles and leaves out the critical aspects of characters and their reasons for being the way they are.