First Reformed

A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

Cast

Ethan Hawke

as Pastor Ernst Toller

Amanda Seyfried

as Mary Mensana

Cedric the Entertainer

as Pastor Joel Jeffers

Victoria Hill

as Esther

Philip Ettinger

as Michael Mensana

Michael Gaston

as Edward Balq

Bill Hoag

as John Elder

Kristin Villanueva

as Nurse Cindy

Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz

as Middle-Aged Tourist

Ken Forman

as Middle-Aged Tourist

Reviews

Gimly

I don't believe I've ever seen a film shot so deliberately. Almost every single angle is framed with precision and intent. Like a Wes Anderson film sapped of any and all whimsy. Many shots linger in a style not often found outside of horror films, in the scenes they intend to deliver the audience a ...

Stephen Campbell

**_Brilliantly shot, excellently written_** > **_Alissa Wilkinson_**: _Do you think of_ First Reformed _as an apocalyptic film?_ > **_Paul Schrader_**: _It depends on what you call "the apocalypse". I think we are seeing the last century of homo sapiens. I don't see a scenario in which homo s...

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