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2007

1h 36m

Comedy

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Documentarian Rex (David Krumholtz) follows ruthless reality television producer Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes), a woman who will stop at nothing to revive the American Broadcasting Network's failing ratings -- and forward her own career. To the dismay of the government, Courbet approves a reality show that will become network television's first foray into snuff. In the first episode, contestants engage in a deadly game of Russian roulette for the chance at a multi-million-dollar cash prize.

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Critics Consensus

Uneven media satire on how far TV will go to secure ratings. Unfortunately it's neither as funny or as sharp as it hopes to be.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

There is a big problem in believing any of it, but a certain amount of fun watching television's more ghastly denizens wonder whether murder will improve the ratings. It does.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 19, 2008

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Triumphs, humiliation, barmy monologues and temper tantrums - reality television is scarcely in need of parodying. Certainly not from a preachy film like this.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 19, 2008

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James Christopher

The Times (UK)

Bill Guttentag's film is one of those shrill and cheery conspiracies on the wilder side of probability. But the black comedy has an infectious pace, and screwy logic.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 19, 2008

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A surprisingly plausible mockumentary...

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 11, 2010

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David Edwards

Daily Mirror (UK)

Mendes (best known as Will Smith's love interest in Hitch) is enjoyably poisonous, making Live! just about worth catching.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 19, 2008

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Jane Crowther

Total Film

This crass, inauthentic mock-doc exposing the evils of reality shows and the venality of TV honchos manages both to bore and insult simultaneously.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 19, 2008

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Bisquiteen T

I had to turn the volume down every time the lead actress spoke. Why did she have to YELL through the whole movie? She also seems to think she's in some high school production, at best community theater? And why is this gross woman constantly talking with her mouth full? Would've been decent with a decent lead. I've seen A Serbian Film and this woman (the actress, not the character) is far grosser and more ridiculous than anything in that movie. I would settle for her just NOT YELLING EVERY LINE.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/25

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Audience Member

Purely for the shock factor

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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This movie was crazy crazy crazy. It started off kinda cheezy and I wasn't expecting it to get much better, but the last 30 minutes turned into a jaw dropping, sweating with anxiety, edge of your seat thrill. It was hard to watch and I had to pause it many times because my blood pressure redlined. This is not the kind of movie I would go around recommending because of it's subject matter, but I must shamefully admit that I enjoyed it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Highly recommend. Shot documentary style and from previews, presumably low budget. Intense plot that becomes more suspenseful with every minute. Great character development. I can't believe this didn't receive more publicity. Mendes is incredible in this film, as well as the rest of the cast...particularly David Krumholtz.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Wow what a concept. A drive to get to the top pushing the limits of a would you situation

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Very intriguing and almost scary. Funny, too.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Synopsis

Documentarian Rex (David Krumholtz) follows ruthless reality television producer Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes), a woman who will stop at nothing to revive the American Broadcasting Network's failing ratings -- and forward her own career. To the dismay of the government, Courbet approves a reality show that will become network television's first foray into snuff. In the first episode, contestants engage in a deadly game of Russian roulette for the chance at a multi-million-dollar cash prize.

Director: Bill Guttentag
Producer: Alex Gartner, William Green, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Bill Guttentag
Production Co: Atlas Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2021
Runtime: 1h 36m

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