Review of Only God Forgives (2013) by Mike M — 13 Sep 2013

A pretentious Art House drama fuelled by style but lacked in substance.

This review of Only God Forgives (2013) was written by Mike M on 13 Sep 2013.

Only God Forgives has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Roger G (234) on 19 Aug 2018

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 Sarah Marrs (566) for Cinesnark (167) on 19 Oct 2017

Everything about Only God Forgives is either totally unpleasant or so weird and abstract it's obnoxious…

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By Mark Jay K (158) on 13 Apr 2018

Only God Forgives is a lurid, brutally violent, surreal experience from beginning to end…

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By Luke W (568) on 06 Dec 2017

Incredible and powerful moments, as well as mesmerizing direction from Refn, make Only God Forgives an experience instead of simple, cinematic…

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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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By Jonfreakin J (28) 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 Augustine H (906) on 21 Jan 2018

It would be great to set up a fight between the Thai cop and Robert McCall in The Equalizer…

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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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By Katie W (410) on 03 Aug 2018

It's weird, gross, and disturbing but I appreciate the direction and artistic style the director was trying to go for…

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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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