Ben Affleck wrote, directed and starred in "Live By Night" but forgot to act, to bring any excitement to the screen or make an interesting story!! He gives a very bland performance and with all sorts of car chases, killings, shoot outs, and even the KKK burning crosses, the film feels and looks static. 

The three female leads are flat-chested and rail thin almost being interchangeable while it seems in the 1920s and 1930s all gangsters were ugly looking. Taking place in Tampa and Ybor city, Florida, with Savannah, Brunswick, Riceboro, Tybee Island filming in for those 2 places, for tax credits, it definitely doesn't have a Florida feel.

Affleck as a wanna-be kingpin in the underworld, but seeing himself as an outlaw instead of a gangster, with rum running and trying to introduce casino gambling he first works for the Irish mob boss Albert White, played by Robert Glenister, and then the competing Italian mob boss Maso Pescatore, played by Remo Girone.

There are a couple of twists near the end after 2 hours and 8 minutes but they don't really pay off.

The aforementioned female leads, in order of appearing, Sienna Miller as White's mistress who has a secret relationship with Affleck, Zoe Saldana as a black Cuban who also becomes Affleck's lover, (ah, it is nice to be a director, writer, lead actor and co-producer of a movie) and Elle Fanning as a 'fallen' woman who becomes an evangelical preacher all do fine jobs but are not given enough to fill out their characters and Fanning is given short shrift on what could have been a more interesting part in the film.

Many of the men, and there are many, give strong performances but with Ben Affleck commanding 100% screen time they aren't given that much time. Chris Messina as Affleck's loyal righthand man, Chris Cooper as the sheriff of the Ybor city area and the father of Fanning plus the brother-in-law of a KKK leader Matthew Maher, along with Brendan Gleeson as Affleck's father and Police Deputy not to forget the gangster bosses Robert Glenister and Remo Girone are just a few of the actors.

"Living By Night" is a waste of good actors, a failure as director, writer, actor and producer for Ben Affleck and a waste of your time and money.

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Ben Affleck wrote, directed and starred in "Live By Night" but forgot to act, to bring any excitement to the screen or make an interesting story!! He gives a very bland performance and with all sorts of car chases, killings, shoot outs, and even the KKK burning crosses, the film feels and looks static. 

The three female leads are flat-chested and rail thin almost being interchangeable while it seems in the 1920s and 1930s all gangsters were ugly looking. Taking place in Tampa and Ybor city, Florida, with Savannah, Brunswick, Riceboro, Tybee Island filming in for those 2 places, for tax credits, it definitely doesn't have a Florida feel.

Affleck as a wanna-be kingpin in the underworld, but seeing himself as an outlaw instead of a gangster, with rum running and trying to introduce casino gambling he first works for the Irish mob boss Albert White, played by Robert Glenister, and then the competing Italian mob boss Maso Pescatore, played by Remo Girone.

There are a couple of twists near the end after 2 hours and 8 minutes but they don't really pay off.

The aforementioned female leads, in order of appearing, Sienna Miller as White's mistress who has a secret relationship with Affleck, Zoe Saldana as a black Cuban who also becomes Affleck's lover, (ah, it is nice to be a director, writer, lead actor and co-producer of a movie) and Elle Fanning as a 'fallen' woman who becomes an evangelical preacher all do fine jobs but are not given enough to fill out their characters and Fanning is given short shrift on what could have been a more interesting part in the film.

Many of the men, and there are many, give strong performances but with Ben Affleck commanding 100% screen time they aren't given that much time. Chris Messina as Affleck's loyal righthand man, Chris Cooper as the sheriff of the Ybor city area and the father of Fanning plus the brother-in-law of a KKK leader Matthew Maher, along with Brendan Gleeson as Affleck's father and Police Deputy not to forget the gangster bosses Robert Glenister and Remo Girone are just a few of the actors.

"Living By Night" is a waste of good actors, a failure as director, writer, actor and producer for Ben Affleck and a waste of your time and money.

MOVIE TRAILER 

Ben Affleck wrote, directed and starred in "Live By Night" but forgot to act, to bring any excitement to the screen or make an interesting story!! He gives a very bland performance and with all sorts of car chases, killings, shoot outs, and even the KKK burning crosses, the film feels and looks static. 

The three female leads are flat-chested and rail thin almost being interchangeable while it seems in the 1920s and 1930s all gangsters were ugly looking. Taking place in Tampa and Ybor city, Florida, with Savannah, Brunswick, Riceboro, Tybee Island filming in for those 2 places, for tax credits, it definitely doesn't have a Florida feel.

Affleck as a wanna-be kingpin in the underworld, but seeing himself as an outlaw instead of a gangster, with rum running and trying to introduce casino gambling he first works for the Irish mob boss Albert White, played by Robert Glenister, and then the competing Italian mob boss Maso Pescatore, played by Remo Girone.

There are a couple of twists near the end after 2 hours and 8 minutes but they don't really pay off.

The aforementioned female leads, in order of appearing, Sienna Miller as White's mistress who has a secret relationship with Affleck, Zoe Saldana as a black Cuban who also becomes Affleck's lover, (ah, it is nice to be a director, writer, lead actor and co-producer of a movie) and Elle Fanning as a 'fallen' woman who becomes an evangelical preacher all do fine jobs but are not given enough to fill out their characters and Fanning is given short shrift on what could have been a more interesting part in the film.

Many of the men, and there are many, give strong performances but with Ben Affleck commanding 100% screen time they aren't given that much time. Chris Messina as Affleck's loyal righthand man, Chris Cooper as the sheriff of the Ybor city area and the father of Fanning plus the brother-in-law of a KKK leader Matthew Maher, along with Brendan Gleeson as Affleck's father and Police Deputy not to forget the gangster bosses Robert Glenister and Remo Girone are just a few of the actors.

"Living By Night" is a waste of good actors, a failure as director, writer, actor and producer for Ben Affleck and a waste of your time and money.

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