Review of Only God Forgives (2013) by Chris G — 01 Dec 2013

A dark film that wanders through the back ally's of the mind.

This review of Only God Forgives (2013) was written by Chris G on 01 Dec 2013.

Only God Forgives has generally received mixed reviews.

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By R96Sk (195) on 01 Mar 2022

It has all the ingredients that I'd usually love in a film, but the pacing lets it down for me…

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It tries to work as a full-length feature film but 'Only God Forgives' fails to do so as it has only a television episode's worth of material…

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By Pj Nabarro (328) for Patrick Nabarro (306) on 08 Dec 2018

There's a vainglorious gratuity to the gory scenes in Only God Forgives that makes them, whisper it quietly...a touch boring…

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Not great on the surface but the deeper world will draw you in and Julian (Ryan Gosling) is a great character to get attached to and has layers…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 08 Mar 2018

There's something intoxicating about a film that manages to be both very violent and very pretty: it is unlike anything I've seen before, and…

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By Grantd243 (197) on 02 Sep 2018

Only God Forgives is not liked by a lot of people. I completely understand why people don't like it…

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Such grittiness that nothing but blood comes out of it…

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By Tyler R (1,095) on 10 Nov 2017

This movie was stupid. Nothing happened in 30 mins. Ryan gosling just started at people and people talked Thai. That was about it. Pass on this one…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 12 Dec 2018

Winding Refn is a few things, he is a Director who specialises in high-concept idea films and he is a Director of Arthouse aimed films…

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