Cinafilm has over 5 million movie reviews and counting …
Sitemap
Search

Last updated: 05 Jun 2026 at 00:42 UTC

Back to movie details

Review of by Dana Stevens for Slate — 27 Nov 2013

Share
Tweet

His (Lee) Oldboy is relentlessly unpleasant and difficult to watch, without offering audiences much moral or aesthetic payoff for its hour and 40 minutes of graphic violence and abject degradation. Oldboy is both original and uncompromising, I’ll give it that—it just doesn’t happen to be any good.

You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.

This review of Oldboy (2013) was written by and published by Slate on 27 Nov 2013.

Oldboy has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes
No

More Reviews of Oldboy

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

More Reviews

Share This Page

Share
Tweet

Popular Movies Right Now

Movies You Viewed Recently

Get social with CinafilmFollow us for reviews of the latest moviesCinafilm - TwitterCinafilm - PinterestCinafilm - RSS