Only God Forgives
RADiUS-TWC | Release Date: July 19, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
14
Negative:
19
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
EmpireDamon WiseJul 29, 2013
Experimental and uncompromising, Winding Refn and Gosling’s Drive follow-up is a tripped-out riff on the crime family movie in which The Grifters — literally — go to hell. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 22, 2013
Only God Forgives will, understandably, have people running for the exits, and running for the hills. It is very violent, but Winding Refn's bizarre infernal creation, an entire created world of fear, really is gripping. Every scene, every frame, is executed with pure formal brilliance. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 19, 2013
This is one of the most shocking and one of the best movies of the year. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezJul 18, 2013
The movie contains little in terms of traditional action, and Refn never uses it in a rousing or exciting manner, either. That would break the nightmarish spell this strange, beautiful film casts on the viewer. A mother’s love has never been this ruinous. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoJul 15, 2013
It takes the basic form of the revenge flick and dips it in tar, making for a movie that comes out sticky, nasty, and black. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 22, 2013
Refn has consistently delivered films that have subverted our expectations, and has proven himself a master at stylistic self-reinvention, but this feels like the first time he’s gone back to any particular well. Read full review
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