horrible. like watching a pretentious pop video in slow motion.

I really liked this movie. Similar to TRON: Legacy, I view it more as a work of art rather than focusing on the plot. The music and lighting just visually appeal to me and it has left me with a lasting impression.

loved this, really well directed, very stylish, great soundtrack

The trailer was so great and the movie sucked! Just a waste of time.

I thought the movie was fantastic. Action is supposed to make you feel tense and on the edge. The music combined with the cinematography kept me engaged with a fast beating heart. What I like about the film is that it accomplished this while having the action move slow and steady. Very romanticized film and a risk taken by the creators that paid off. 7.3/10

Terrible movie. I lost one and a half hours of my life watching it, and wondering what was going on.

What a bunch of unwatchable bs

It has all the ingredients that I'd usually love in a film, but the pacing lets it down for me.

'Only God Forgives' is pretty dark and strikingly gory, with the stylish cinematography really shining through to set the right tone. Ryan Gosling, meanwhile, is good in a role which is similar to his one in 2011's 'Drive', which was also directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Kristin Scott Thomas is solid, though I couldn't get away from the thought that her character was made to be portrayed by Toni Collette. Vithaya Pansringarm plays it cool as his character.

All in all, I enjoyed it. I just didn't love it. It's a little too stop/start for my liking, as in it felt like I was watching a series of events as opposed to a fully fleshed out plot; I don't mean that the scenes feel unconnected, it just feels like every scene is too much its own thing in terms of storytelling.

Excellent cant understand the negative reviews ..a lot was stolen from David Lynch...would have been blatant if there was a close up of Kristen Scott Thomas lighting a cigarette..Kristen was amazing..Good Story...Blade Runner Cinematography - Drive feel - Lynch atmosphere - and a cliff Martinez soundtrack, whats not to love

Estetic... Photography... Camera... Cast... Not anymore...

This movie cannot be watched as a typical hollywood action film. It's more about human emotions and revenge. Yes it's slow, but it's like that on purpose.

I was so looking forward for this one and I'm disappointed.
It's so slow paced and I am a person that don't mind slow but at least the film has a good storytelling to keep me interested and I was getting so bored. It's sad. The story isn't bad but the things that are about to happen we have to wait for so long for them that you start to loose the interest.
Ryan Gosling has probably 5 or 6 lines during the whole film and I guess he never changes his facial expression. He had a similar character in Driver but this was to much! I loved him in Driver and I hated him in this.
The best things of this film are Kristin Scott Thomas performance and the way the film is shot, so gorgeous.
This might be an artwork but just in the way it was shooted I can't like anything more and all of my rating goes mostly for that.

Enjoyable if you like watching Gosling stare off into space.

Artistic douchebaggery is an often overused term, but it really applies to Only God Forgives. It puts style over substance, and is full of color tinting and symbolic imagery. So much attention is paid to the visual style that the plot is almost forgotten, or is at least secondary. What story there is follows a mother who comes to Bangkok to avenge the murder of her eldest son, meanwhile her other son struggles with his loyalty to his family and his sense of justice. Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas lead the cast, but their performances are extremely underwhelming. Only God Forgives is a poorly crafted film where nothing works.

The trailer is actually excellent. So the movie actually could have been good. If it made as much sense as the trailer does and wasn’t a hollow and ugly film.
Gosling is just there to look pretty and watch girls masturbate with a blank look on his face. Plus the film could have used more of a revenge plot to root for. Gosling’s mom is making him avenge the death of his sleaze ball rapist brother who murdered underage girls.
As soon as we meet his brother and he asked for a 14 yr old or the pimps daughter if possible, I wanted him dead.
Drive with a Kill Bill feel had potential. Drive with no interesting plot and no likable characters is a snooze fest. I had no clue who to root for.