Live Free or Die

2006, Comedy/Crime, 1h 29m

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Movie Info

John "Rugged" Rudgate (Aaron Stanford) is a petty criminal who is as cowardly as they come, but he would like the residents of his backwoods New Hampshire community to believe otherwise. Teaming up with an old buddy (Paul Schneider), John decides to poison a local bully, but his plans backfire when the man actually dies.

Rating:

R (Pervasive Language|Sex References)
Genre:

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Producer:

Doug Bernheim, Daniel Carey, John Limotte
Writer:

Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 30, 2007 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 24, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA):

$12.7K
Runtime:

1h 29m
Distributor:

ThinkFilm

Cast & Crew

Aaron Stanford
John "Rugged" Rudgate

Paul Schneider
Lagrand

Michael Rapaport
Putney

Kevin Dunn
Monson

Zooey Deschanel
Cheryl

Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Gazaniga

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Audience Reviews for Live Free or Die

Aug 29, 2010

A bit of a miss with me. I loved Paul and, of course, Zooey in their roles but the storyline left me a little flat. Needed more with Zooey to punch it up a bit. It was... eh.

Leigh R Super Reviewer
Oct 30, 2009

An unfunny comedy about the life of a small time criminal

Brody M Super Reviewer
Aug 20, 2009

Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Juah Friedlander, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kevin Dunn, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Michael Rapaport DIRECTED BY: Andy Robin & Gregg Kavet Taking its title from the state motto of New Hampshire, "Live Free or Die" is a deadpan comedy about a clueless, aspiring criminal named John "Rugged" Rudgate, who spends his days forging rebate coupons and selling speakers out the back of his van. One day, Rugged runs into an old acquaintance, the dim-witted Jeff Lagrand, who recently returned home to help his cynical sister run the storage facility that they inherited from their father. When Rugged tries to force his way into the Lagrand family business, things go terribly wrong--and the situation gets even more complicated when an emotionally unstable cop begins investigating Well it didn't turn out to be as funny as I had hoped, but it had some good laughs. I found Pual Schneider and Zooey Deschanel to be the only funny two. Schneider's character was just one those off-beat characters that I love. Not so obviously funny. There should have been more Zooey in this movie. Would have been better I think. It was a bit boring at times and kinda silly. But I think it being silly was kind of the writer's intent. But all in all a decent watch.. Maybe..

♥˩ƳИИ & Super Reviewer
Jan 02, 2009

A little slow, kinda boring at times but Lagrange keeps you interested with his somewhat dim-witted comedy. Not enough Zooey by any means. I like the message though, sometimes the image or the legend is so much easier to grasp than the truth. If we all lived with the reality and not the fantasy this would be a pretty boring existence.

shane h Super Reviewer