Live by Night

The movie starts nicely, it reminds good mafia movies as is godfather. But everything goes wrong with the plot.

Thank you Netflix for giving us the opportunity to discover this gem. It was a pleasure to enjoy Ben as a director.

This movie is underrated. It's far better than the average rating suggests.

Excellent storytelling, focusing more on protagonists thoughts rather than action. Bad reviews are expected, as this movie is clearly political.

After directing successes with Gone Baby Gone, the Town and Argo. Ben Affleck's latest directorial film Live by Night is quite easily his worst film.

Ben Affleck is a great director, but this was just really, really boring.The best thing about this movie is Elle Fanning.

... in my view.

Ben Affleck is a great actor & I've been a fan from way back when he very young in movies like "Phantoms" & "Deception" & "Pearl Harbour" & "Paycheck" & "Changing Lanes" & "Armageddon" & the extremely underrated "Daredevil" among a few other's & he fizzled out for a while or off my radar atleast because he was in alot of crappy Romantic films which i hate but then much later in the 2000's he kind of resurrected his Career as a more mature & dramatic actor & leading man, Affleck is a movie star & a great leading man & he blew me away with some of his later films such as the excellent action Thriller "The Accountant" & the gripping Crime Thriller "The Town" & the suspenseful ensemble Thriller "Triple Frontier" & there's the critical hit "Argo" that he also expertly Directed & Mr. Affleck gave us the greatest Batman & Bruce Wayne with his underrated but great Super hero epic "Batman vs Superman" & it's stunning follow up "Justice league" so he's been very busy doing all sorts lately & has also become a Classy professional movie Director with hits under his belt, the guy is a Hollywood great now & here Affleck has Directed this old fashioned 1920's Period Gangster drama & it looks beautiful & is a big budget stunningly produced Warner Bros studio movie, so it's big & he directed it beautifully & like i said it's beautiful looking & rich in it's detailed production design & the costumes look fantastic & everything is the highest of quality but the story does drag alot in the middle & becomes often boring & has alot of focus of dramatic love interest themes, now Affleck is excellent as Joe Coughlin a hood who used to just rob places like a petty thief really but ends up working for a big crime lord gangster & becomes a gangster himself, now he's still a good guy & has morals, he's not a savage killer for the sake of it or a "mad dog" so i liked his character alot & the way he dressed reminded me of "Dick Tracey" & that's so cool.