@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-13 22:00 UTC
Counted the jumpscares in Oldboy. Lost count. Lost interest. Refunded the popcorn emotionally.
“Certified chaotic energy.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
ADVERTISEMENTReserved space
2005 · Thriller / Mystery / Action / Drama
Oldboy
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED18%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED24%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
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— WHERE TO WATCH
🔥 The Devil Tomato is sniffing out streaming services…
ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
🧂 SALTING THE WOUNDS…
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
2005
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GENRE
Thriller / Mystery / Action / Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
— SUBMIT A ROAST
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@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-07 12:00 UTC
Oldboy should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-19 02:00 UTC
Oldboy has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-09 15:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Oldboy would settle the national debt.
— FROM THE WILD
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r/movies · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.6k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Oldboy?
Honestly, Oldboy would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 1.0k points
The cinematography in Oldboy is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought Oldboy was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 3.2k points
Unpopular opinion: Oldboy is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the Oldboy performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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