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Live by Night
Directed by
Ben Affleck
R
2016
2h 9m
Drama
,
Crime
,
and more
6.4
35%
42%
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A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Amazon Video
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Buy $9.99
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Cast of Live by Night
Ben Affleck
Joe Coughlin / Director / Writer / Producer
Elle Fanning
Loretta Figgis
Brendan Gleeson
Thomas Coughlin
Chris Messina
Dion Bartolo
Sienna Miller
Emma Gould
Zoe Saldaña
Graciella Suarez
Chris Cooper
Chief Irving Figgis
Anthony Michael Hall
Gary Smith
Titus Welliver
Tim Hickey
Derek Mears
Donnie Gishler
Max Casella
Digger Pescatore
Robert Glenister
Albert White
Chris Sullivan
Brendan Loomis
J.D. Evermore
Virgil Beauregard
Tom Virtue
Doctor
Matthew Maher
RD Pruitt
Bruno Amato
Jeff
Benny Ciaramello
Paulo Bartolo
Michael Mantell
Jack Jarvis
Michael Chieffo
Pastor
Andrew Bongiorno
Fasani
Austin Swift
Mayweather
Mark Burzenski
Statler Guest (uncredited)
Lucy Angelo
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Larry Eudene
Northend Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Lexie Roth
Gillette Factory Worker (uncredited)
Katie O'Malley
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
John Bishop
Disheveled Man (uncredited)
Remo Girone
Maso Pescatore
Lewis D. Wheeler
Herald Reporter
Clark Gregg
Calvin Bondurant
Heidi Moneymaker
Assassin (uncredited)
Michael Papajohn
Maso's Crew (uncredited)
Bill Blair
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Lucien Spelman
Statler Party Guest (uncredited)
Christian Clemenson
Ritz Investor
Anthony Molinari
Maso's Crew (uncredited)
Cassidy Neal
Statler Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
Dennis Lehane
Writer
Jennifer Todd
Producer
Leonardo DiCaprio
Producer
Jennifer Davisson
Producer
Live by Night Ratings & Reviews
Ryezoo
February 15, 2025
A beautiful mess. Extreme disappointment. Ben Affleck is cable of producing such a better picture. All the ideas are there, the actors are there, and the production design is insanely good. It can't help this film from scattering all over the place. The movie feels like it has 3 endings, a brother significantly mentioned 3 times that is never seen, and goes completely off the train tracks by the end of the film. There's odd decisions to just brush past events and treat them like footnotes. Supposedly it cuts a ton from what made the book great. All I know is this could of been so much better.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
It's more concerned with flattering our modern sensibility than truly plunging us into the mores of the 1920s.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
You probably won't turn it off when it comes on cable. But the material needs to be bigger, more momentous, as well as more intimate.
The Atlantic
David Sims
One of the film's final set pieces is so wonderfully staged that it reminds you what skill Affleck has with the camera. Next time, he should perhaps confine himself behind it.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Affleck the director has a good eye for detail, but he was let down by Affleck the screenwriter and Affleck the actor, who gives the weakest performance in the film.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The movie, for all its technical genius, even with such a strong, electrifying cast, just isn't very good, and as such watching it shoot so many blanks for over two full hours is nothing short of a colossal waste of time.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
A footnote in the history of cinematic mob stories.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It sure looks great - it was lensed by Tarantino regular Robert Richardson - and its gangster-movie tropes are familiar, yet welcome.
CBR
Kristy Puchko
Live By Night feels toothless even as blood sprays and bodies fall.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Misgivings aside, I was enjoying Live by Night as a guilty pleasure of sorts and was on the verge of giving it a qualified recommendation until the last 10 minutes, which are equal parts predictable and way, way over the top.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Writer-director-star Ben Affleck goes for broke and goes bust with an American tale that mistakes muchness for greatness.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Somber, well-judged and admirably ambitious, "Live by Night" nonetheless falls short of being essential, its familiar moving parts heading predictably toward a conclusion that feels mechanical and preordained.
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
It was always going to be a tricky thing to follow up a smash like Argo, so taut and smart and thrilling. Affleck went maximalist with Live by Night, and it was, indeed, too much.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Squint and you can just catch a trace of what a terrific movie this could have been.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"Live by Night" may look first-rate (though Affleck's direction, whether it's action or simply two people, seething, is routine) but it feels second-hand.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
It's worth seeing for Affleck's charismatic performance and for its vision of America as a land of greed, violence and political expediency that some moviegoers will find all too familiar.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
People love to pile on Ben Affleck, and "Live by Night" isn't going to help his case.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The problems are a screenplay that can't decide which story to tell, unmemorable casting choices in key supporting roles, and a central performance that, curiously, isn't very much there.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
It's intriguing enough to suck you in, but confusing, fragmentary, frustrating.
Seattle Times
Soren Andersen
Affleck sports plenty of snappy '20s fashions, tailored double-breasted suits, often cream-colored, and elegant Borsalino-style fedoras. He's dressed to kill for sure. Too bad his movie is so deadly dull.
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Live By Night: Chris Cooper On His Character
Live By Night: Chris Cooper On His Character
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Live By Night: Chris Messina On His Character
Live By Night: Chris Messina On His Character
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Live By Night: Zoe Saldana On 'Graciela's' Motivations
Live By Night: Zoe Saldana On 'Graciela's' Motivations
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Live By Night: Jennifer Davisson On What The Film Is About
Live By Night: Jennifer Davisson On What The Film Is About
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Live By Night: Jennifer Todd On The Role Of 'Joe Coughlin'
Live By Night: Jennifer Todd On The Role Of 'Joe Coughlin'
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Live By Night: Ben Affleck On Why He Wanted To Do This Film
Live By Night: Ben Affleck On Why He Wanted To Do This Film
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Live By Night: Remo Girone On How 'Joe' Joins 'Maso's' Crew
Live By Night: Remo Girone On How 'Joe' Joins 'Maso's' Crew
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Live By Night: Sienna Miller On Her Attraction To This Film
Live By Night: Sienna Miller On Her Attraction To This Film
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Live By Night: Dennis Lehane On The Character 'Joe Coughlin'
Live By Night: Dennis Lehane On The Character 'Joe Coughlin'
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Live By Night: Robert Glenister On When We First Meet 'Albert'
Live By Night: Robert Glenister On When We First Meet 'Albert'
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Live By Night: Miguel J. Pimentel On What Drew Him To The Story
Live By Night: Miguel J. Pimentel On What Drew Him To The Story
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Live By Night: Elle Fanning On The Challenges Of Playing 'Loretta'
Live By Night: Elle Fanning On The Challenges Of Playing 'Loretta'
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Live By Night: Brendan Gleeson On What Was Inspiring About The Script
Live By Night: Brendan Gleeson On What Was Inspiring About The Script
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Live By Night: Let's Go
Live By Night: Let's Go
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Live By Night: Free To Leave
Live By Night: Free To Leave
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Live By Night: Pick Our Sins
Live By Night: Pick Our Sins
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