Live!

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Live!

R,

2007,

1h 36m,

Comedy/

Drama

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47%

15 Reviews

Tomatometer

43%

10,000+ Ratings

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47%

Tomatometer

15 Reviews

43%

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10,000+ Ratings

Documentarian Rex (David Krumholtz) follows ruthless reality television producer Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes), a woman who will stop at nothing to revive the American Broadcasting Network's failing ratings -- and forward her own career. To the dismay of the government, Courbet approves a reality show that will become network television's first foray into snuff. In the first episode, contestants engage in a deadly game of Russian roulette for the chance at a multi-million-dollar cash prize.

Critics Consensus

Uneven media satire on how far TV will go to secure ratings. Unfortunately it's neither as funny or as sharp as it hopes to be.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Sep 19, 2008

2/5

There is a big problem in believing any of it, but a certain amount of fun watching television's more ghastly denizens wonder whether murder will improve the ratings. It does.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Sep 19, 2008

1/5

Triumphs, humiliation, barmy monologues and temper tantrums - reality television is scarcely in need of parodying. Certainly not from a preachy film like this.

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James Christopher

The Times (UK)

Sep 19, 2008

3/5

Bill Guttentag's film is one of those shrill and cheery conspiracies on the wilder side of probability. But the black comedy has an infectious pace, and screwy logic.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jul 11, 2010

2.5/4

A surprisingly plausible mockumentary...

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David Edwards

Daily Mirror (UK)

Sep 19, 2008

3/5

Mendes (best known as Will Smith's love interest in Hitch) is enjoyably poisonous, making Live! just about worth catching.

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Jane Crowther

Total Film

Sep 19, 2008

1/5

This crass, inauthentic mock-doc exposing the evils of reality shows and the venality of TV honchos manages both to bore and insult simultaneously.

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Synopsis

Documentarian Rex (David Krumholtz) follows ruthless reality television producer Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes), a woman who will stop at nothing to revive the American Broadcasting Network's failing ratings -- and forward her own career. To the dismay of the government, Courbet approves a reality show that will become network television's first foray into snuff. In the first episode, contestants engage in a deadly game of Russian roulette for the chance at a multi-million-dollar cash prize.

Director: Bill Guttentag
Producer: Alex Gartner, William Green, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Bill Guttentag
Production Co: Atlas Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2021
Runtime: 1h 36m

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