Live Free or Die -- opens and closes zippily, but in between frequently stalls out, and the wannabe-hoodlum antics of Rugged and LaGrand -- play with diminishing returns.
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Live Free or Die (2007)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:6
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.2/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Former SEINFELD writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin make their directorial debut with this offbeat comedy about a wannabe criminal toughing it out on the rough-and-tumble streets of New Hampshire.... [More]
Starring: Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Dunn
Director: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
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Live Free is a comedy of vastly diminished criminal expectations. That's the fun of it, and the frustration, too.
03/30/07
A Will Ferrell/Steve Carell-style comedy that lacks the charm associated with those actors' films.
04/08/07
Small-town indie crime comedy is short on laughs.
11/01/07
The filmmakers have a nice grasp on the visual despair of the piece, and they use it wisely to augment the idiocy of the participants.
03/30/07
There are many small laughs, two or three big ones, and a lot of wide open space in between where the film ambles along unremarkably.
04/03/06
None of the movie's flaws negate its many remarkable little performances and casually insightful script.
04/12/07
It just feels contrived when a good comedy like this should feel clever.
04/04/06
just isn't very funny, too wrapped up in its wild plot and loser lead character to ever get around to delivering a punch line
07/20/07
The best aspect of Live Free or Die is its unpredictability. From Rugged pulling a gun out of a kitchen drawer to the sight of his rusty blue van rolling away without anyone inside, you never quite know what's going to happen next.
06/25/07
... low-key black comedy stars Aaron Stanford as a two-bit blowhard and small-time scammer swimming in the shallow end of the New Hampshire gene pool.
07/26/07
There are some solid chuckles in the lowbrow crime comedy Live Free or Die but they're not enough to sustain its slight story for a whole 90 minutes.
03/30/07
[Live Free or Die] is a mildly entertaining little flick but a slight effort.
04/04/07
a lightweight film, sort of a less gruesome, slacker take on 2005's "The Ice Harvest" crossed with a common man's "Garden State," that is elevated by a cast that maintains interest when the plot lags.
03/31/07
Very much like its hapless lead character, a small-town, small-time hustler who yearns to present himself as a dangerous outlaw, Live Free or Die tries too hard, to little effect.
04/05/06
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