Joe was once a good man.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Remo Girone, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Glenister, Matthew maher, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Miguel, Zoe Saldana |
Director |
Ben Affleck |
Screenplay | Ben Affleck, from the novel by Dennis Lehane |
Music | Harry Gregson Williams |
Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
Editing | William Goldenberg |
Sound formats | |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2016 |
Produced by | Appian Way, Pearl Street Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Warner Bros. |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Crime drama |
Language | Strong and frequent |
Nudity | Low impact and isolated (female breasts) |
Sex | None |
Violence | Strong, realistic and frequent |
Prejudice | Instances of prejudicial language are present |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 17 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Jamal-Dean Grootboom 'Night' is fatally wounded by inability to convince on all levels. | 5 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Affleck skiet hom in die voet. | 10 | |
Cape Times David Rooney Gangster saga lacks a nasty edge. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy As a collective whole, the overall experience isn’t as successful as it feels disjointed and like it’s trying too hard, with Affleck’s recurring voice-over narration coming off as a desperate, yet lazy attempt to bring it all together. | 9 | |
Metacritic.com 43 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 188 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Live by Night boasts visual style and an impressive cast, but they’re lost in a would-be crime saga that finds producer, director, and star Ben Affleck revisiting familiar themes to diminishing effect. | 7 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 10 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Sluggish, uninspired mobster drama has lots of violence. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 45 users | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes users 11522 users | 11 | |
Internet 9510 Netizens | 13 | |
Average .. 48% | 10 |