Live Free or Die

Live Free or Die (2006)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (5,965 ratings)

An aspiring small-town criminal edges in on the family business of an old acquaintance, only to find things quickly spinning out of control when an emotionally unstable cop begins investigating the case. Clueless criminal wannabe John "Rugged" Rudgate (Aaron Stanford) spends most of his… More

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Dec 31, 2006 Wide
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Critic Reviews

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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

  • 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.

  • Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media

    Small-town indie crime comedy is short on laughs.

  • 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.

  • 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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Leigh R


    A bit of a miss with me. I loved Paul and, of course, Zooey in their roles but the storyline left me a little flat. Needed more with Zooey to punch it up a bit. It was... eh.

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    Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Juah Friedlander, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kevin Dunn, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Michael Rapaport DIRECTED BY: Andy Robin & Gregg Kavet Taking its title from the state motto of New Hampshire, "Live Free or Die" is a deadpan… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "Live Free or Die," John "Rugged" Rudgate(Aaron Stanford) is a legendary petty thief in New Hampshire who specializes in stealing stereo speakers. While making the rounds, he meets an old friend, Jeff Lagrand(Paul Schneider), who although… More

  • William G


    Goofy small-time criminal farce isn't as funny as it thinks it is.

  • shane h


    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 not… More

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