Live by Night
2016 · 129 min · Director: Ben Affleck
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spellbinding tour de force of betrayal and redemption, music and murder, that brings fully to life a bygone era when sin was cause for celebration and vice was a national virtue.
Emotional fingerprint
Live by Night (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Anxiety30%
- Tension25%
- Anger20%
- Disturbing15%
- Sadness10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Anger. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Sadness
- Disturbing
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Sadness | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 58 % | 53 % | 15 % | 33 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Tension | 57 % | 54 % | 16 % | 28 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Tension | 69 % | 65 % | 21 % | 36 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Tension | 76 % | 60 % | 43 % | 46 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Sadness | 65 % | 38 % | 46 % | 32 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Humor | 49 % | 33 % | 21 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Tension | 40 % | 35 % | 11 % | 18 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Love | 40 % | 34 % | 15 % | 18 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Tension | 49 % | 43 % | 11 % | 26 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Tension | 60 % | 55 % | 14 % | 38 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Tension | 71 % | 64 % | 30 % | 54 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Disturbing | 70 % | 61 % | 34 % | 56 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 55 % | 49 % | 25 % | 36 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Sadness | 55 % | 44 % | 38 % | 33 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Sadness | 66 % | 51 % | 50 % | 39 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Tension | 73 % | 66 % | 35 % | 40 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Tension | 75 % | 73 % | 30 % | 48 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 113′ | Sadness | 76 % | 65 % | 54 % | 53 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 119′ | Sadness | 82 % | 62 % | 75 % | 55 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 126′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Esteban Suarez
Details
- Directed by
- Ben Affleck
- Written by
- Ben Affleck, Dennis Lehane
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2016
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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