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By Stuart R (216) on 19 Jan 2017

This may actually be the worst gangster movie I have ever seen…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 19 Jan 2017

Once Affleck’s Joe gets to Florida, Live by Night loses its pulse and you’re left with a lot of pale characters, secondhand plotting, and…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Jan 2017

It doesn’t help matters that the movie seems to end three times before it ends, and none of those ends are satisfying…

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By Andy B (1,077) on 18 Jan 2017

In Live By Night, Ben Affleck proves his skills as actor and director, but his screenplay is disappointingly uneven and lacks originality…

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By Kendall C (264) on 18 Jan 2017

Though not terrible, and not great, I found Live By Night be sort of bland…

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By David B (3,254) on 18 Jan 2017

I felt it was a long boring film even though I think it wasn't particularly long…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 18 Jan 2017

In Live By Night, Ben Affleck proves his skills as actor and director, but his screenplay is disappointingly uneven and lacks originality…

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By Tvjerry (1,783) on 18 Jan 2017

One of the best things about Prohibition-era gangster flicks is that you can bet on neat old cars, cool period clothes and traditional violence…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 17 Jan 2017

The early scenes have a certain gritty intensity, but once Coughlin heads south the film loses focus, and Affleck is cast adrift as the only…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 17 Jan 2017

First rate production values back up the good character acting but there is little new added to the prohibition gangster genre…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 17 Jan 2017

In his fourth feature as a director, Ben Affleck is stuck with an inert screenplay and a bland leading man…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 17 Jan 2017

An unfocused but stylish old-fashioned Warner brothers gangster film…

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By Brian V (297) on 17 Jan 2017

The production design and several fantastic action set pieces are the highlights of this convoluted adaptation…

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By Yanik F (8) on 17 Jan 2017

Visually, the film is beautiful. The movie's weakness is the huge amount of time that film elapses…

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By Jess B (231) on 17 Jan 2017

Great job on this movie. We were entertained from beginning to end and taken by surprise by the conclusion. Well worth watching…

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By Lee H (754) on 17 Jan 2017

Good, but not great. Live by Night is a decent gangster film set in the 1920's/30's but it just lacks something in the execution…

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By Clint H (1) on 17 Jan 2017

Great acting great storyline great movie!!! Not a boring moment Loved it…

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By Christian M (509) on 17 Jan 2017

Ben Affleck's Live By Night has certainly propelled 2017 into a solid start for films…

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By Chris O (947) on 17 Jan 2017

Review - Live by Night The pieces of a great movie are here, but the heart is lacking…

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By Spangle (1,205) on 17 Jan 2017

Having read the novel by Dennis Lehane, it became apparent that any adaptation of the novel would have to be long in order to capture the sprawling…

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