Only God Forgives

“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.”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian · 100

“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.”

Damon Wise, Empire · 100

“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.”

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald · 88

“This is one of the most shocking and one of the best movies of the year.”

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 88

“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.”

Jessica Kiang, The Playlist · 75