



Produced by Lene Børglum, Sidonie Dumas, and Vincent Maraval
Written by Nicolas Winding Refn
With: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Tom Burke, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Pitchawat Petchayahon, and Charlie Ruedpokanon
Release Date: 22 May 2013
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Editing: Matthew Newman
Music: Cliff Martinez
Runtime: 90 min
Release Date: 22 May 2013
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color



Director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling follow up their brilliant 2011 collaboration Drive (one of my favorite films of that year) with the even more ultra-violent piece of minimalist cinema, Only God Forgives. But where Drive sublimely teased, taunted and tempted the limits of visual storytelling, this picture intentionally pushes the envelope to such an obvious degree that it becomes nothing more than a smug, self-satisfied exercise in cinematic excess. If Wes Anderson made bloody crime thrillers, they would look a lot like Only God Forgives, and that’s not meant a complement. Working from his own script, Winding Refn does little more than create a series of ugly but arty tableaus where his actors stand, sit, state and occasionally hurt each other. No one plays a real character in this picture; everyone is an archetype, an idea, or a prop.
Produced by Lene Børglum, Sidonie Dumas, and Vincent Maraval
Written by Nicolas Winding Refn
With: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Tom Burke, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Pitchawat Petchayahon, and Charlie Ruedpokanon
Release Date: 22 May 2013
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Editing: Matthew Newman
Music: Cliff Martinez
Runtime: 90 min
Release Date: 22 May 2013
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color
★★★★★
One of the 5000 greatest films. Usually only awarded after repeat viewings, so there are more five-star films from decades past than recent years.
★★★★☆
An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.
★★★☆☆
A good film well worth seeing. Films listed at the top of this ranking could end up one of the 5000.
★★☆☆☆
A disappointment, an interesting failure, or just a bad movie. Still, maybe worth seeing: I often enjoy the top two-star films in a given list more than the bottom three-star films.
★☆☆☆☆
A bad, rant-worthy film. Should be avoided regardless of hype or talent involved.
☆☆☆☆☆
One of the worst films.






















