Aaron Stanford, Carlo Alban, Ebon Moss-Bachrach

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 coupo...( read more  read more... )ns 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.

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet

Release Date: December 10, 1977

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DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007

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  • July 29, 2007
    It basically sucked.
  • June 14, 2007
    Goofy small-time criminal farce isn't as funny as it thinks it is.
  • January 2, 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 ...( read more)not the fantasy this would be a pretty boring existence.
  • November 22, 2009
    It was dumb but really funny
  • November 2, 2009
    An unfunny comedy about the life of a small time criminal
  • June 20, 2009
    movie about a small time crook pretending to be more than he is and an idiot "sidekick".......i thought it was kinda funny....not enough zooey.......judah's funny
  • June 15, 2009
    Story isn't bad. Pretty good movie.
  • April 13, 2009
    Eww what a trrible flick. These characters, are all a bunch of losers. Really sorry I watched this .
    I just saw this because of Zooey Deschanel, but she has a small part, not much screentime
  • January 2, 2009
    There were times when I wanted to turn this movie off and times when I genuinely laughed out loud. You never really know what you are gonna get from a ThinkFilm. In the end it wasn't terrible and the irony of it all was amusing. Rugged wants so badly to have this image of a tough...( read more) criminal and in the end he gets that but in reality he actually dies and his body is buried underneath a bunch of trash. It made me smirk.
  • October 12, 2008
    Very funny... reminds me of people from Saint Helens... lol.

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March 30, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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

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