Review of Only God Forgives (2013) by Alexandro O — 07 Oct 2013

Over stylized snapshots of Ryan Gosling in various categories of emotion under various shades of neon lighting. This is a long and slow movie.

This review of Only God Forgives (2013) was written by Alexandro O on 07 Oct 2013.

Only God Forgives has generally received mixed reviews.

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

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