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Live Free is a comedy of vastly diminished criminal expectations. That's the fun of it, and the frustration, too.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Live Free or Die
The criminal mind is a terrible thing to waste
2006 · 1h 29m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Gregg Kavet
,
Andy Robin
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Live Free or Die
Overview
It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows revenge, pouring brake fluid in the man's water supply. When the man dies from unrelated causes, Rugged and his side-kick, the even dimmer Jeff, try to cover up what they think i
Director and cast
- Gregg Kavet Director
- Andy Robin Director
- Aaron Stanford as John "Rugged" Rudgate
- Paul Schneider as Lagrand
- Michael Rapaport as Putney
- Kevin Dunn as Monson
- Zooey Deschanel as Cheryl
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Gazaniga
- Judah Friedlander as Hesh
- Peter Anthony Tambakis as Marcus
- R.E. Rodgers as Oldfield
- Kim Director as Donna
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Joe Leydon, Variety
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