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there's no way to overstate the gorgeous look of this film, but the mannered dialogue and deliberateness of pace becomes less of an homage to Asian revenge films than a parodyby Jordan Hoffman [Film.com ]
the movie is so devoid of emotion that its ritualized gore acts as a narcotic. Filmed in shades of red, with a minimal screenplayby A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
part schlockfest, part campy fairy tale, this is a movie that begs you to bring your own barf bagby Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
Only God Forgives is really just a lurid horror film dressed up in nonsensical swankReview rate : C- by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
God only knows what Nicolas Winding Refn had in mind when he made "Only God Forgives."by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
But the lurid story is strikingly vapid, laden with fetishized savagery. Dialogue is minimalby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]