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"Only God Forgives was reportedly booed at the Cannes Film Festival today (May 22). The movie stars Ryan Gosling as a drug smuggler in Bangkok. When his brother dies, he is urged by his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) to avenge his sibling&amp;#039;s death.  Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, who won the &amp;#039;Best Director&amp;#039; prize at the 2011 festival for Drive, the film has received considerably mixed reviews. However, Vulture has since reported that the film was even booed by critics due to the extreme violence portrayed in the movie. Kyle Buchanan began his review by saying: &amp;quot;To judge from the boos and whistles after the Only God Forgives screening today, I wouldn&amp;#039;t exactly lay odds on a &amp;#039;Best Director&amp;#039; repeat for Refn.&amp;quot; He added later: &amp;quot;When one character stuck his hand inside a woman&amp;#039;s slashed body, the audience locked and loaded its boos. Gosling doesn&amp;#039;t have much to say in this movie, but the auditorium sure did.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, New York Magazine writer Jada Yuan wrote on Twitter: Debate in Only God Forgives press line about whether we can call reaction to screening &amp;quot;boos&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;a smattering of boos&amp;quot; \u2014 Jada Yuan (@jadabird) May 22, 2013  Scott Thomas has said that the movie is &amp;quot;really not [her] sort of thing&amp;quot;, and that she only took on the role because it was directed by Refn. Only God Forgives will arrive in US cinemas on July 19 and in the UK on August 2. Cannes Festival memorable moments - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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