Live Free or Die

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Live Free or Die

R

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

03/30/2007

2.5/4

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

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Joe Leydon

Variety

04/05/2006

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.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

03/24/2006

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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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

11/01/2007

2/5

Small-town indie crime comedy is short on laughs.

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

07/26/2007

... 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.

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

07/20/2007

2.5/5

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

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steve d

06/25/2020

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

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11/07/2018

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

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04/04/2016

it reminded me of the antic Greek comedies.

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05/08/2015

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

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01/22/2013

.. 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

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10/09/2012

live free...die free

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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