Live Free or Die

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Live Free or Die

R

Released Mar 30, 2007

1h 29m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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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.

Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Live Free is a comedy of vastly diminished criminal expectations. That's the fun of it, and the frustration, too.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 30, 2007

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Joe Leydon

Variety

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.

Apr 5, 2006

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

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.

Mar 24, 2006

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Small-town indie crime comedy is short on laughs.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 1, 2007

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

... 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.

Jul 26, 2007

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

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

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 20, 2007

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Michael H

So good - original and funny. Amongst my all-time faves.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/23

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steve d

It feels like the film is trying too hard to be quirky and ends up just like a million other films.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Live free or die - one of the funniest movies made! Great characters, situations, dialogue, concepts etc etc

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

it reminded me of the antic Greek comedies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

just ok comedy not as funny as it thinks it is.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

.. omfg fucking weird, such a pointless movie, and aaron stanford always made me feel nervous because he wouldnt just get on with it, but his buddy.. he was freakin funny

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Gregg Kavet

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John "Rugged" Rudgate

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Michael Rapaport

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Producer: Doug Bernheim, Daniel Carey, John Limotte
Screenwriter: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Production Co: Sound Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Sex References)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 2007, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Jul 24, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.7K
Runtime: 1h 29m