Review of Only God Forgives (2013) by Josh L — 31 May 2016

Not for everyone, but this is a unique and surprising movie that will confound your expectations. If you like that, and a lot of gore, you'll probably love this.

This review of Only God Forgives (2013) was written by Josh L on 31 May 2016.

Only God Forgives has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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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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Only God Forgives is a movie that gets a ton of hate. Well, I love it, and I think it's an underrated masterpiece. Wanna fight…

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Hated the movie on the first see. but it kept growing on me. Now I feel this movie is one of the best movies which people hate. Must see…

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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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