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First Reformed
Overview
The pastor (Ethan Hawke) of a small church in New York with dwindling attendance gets a call from a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) begging for help with her extremely radical husband. After getting involved, the pastor loses control of every aspect of his life. Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer and Victoria Hill also star. Written and directed by Paul Schrader.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Paul Schrader - Director
Ethan Hawke
Amanda Seyfried
Cedric the Entertainer
Victoria Hill
Philip Ettinger
Michael Gaston
Bill Hoag
Frank Rodriguez
Gary Lee Mahmoud
Sue Jean Kim
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Full Frame, AC-3, Digital Theater System)
- Run Time: 108
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 031398289524
- Genre: MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: August 2018
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"The small miracle of First Reformed is that its outrageousness—which flirts with satire, symbolism, climate fears, and the stuff of cheap thrillers yet still finds room for a transcendently goofy psychedelic sequence -- should come from a place of subtlety." -- Grade: B+ - 05/15/2018 Total Film
"Paul Schrader’s best film in a very long time....Schrader writes faith patiently and sensitively..." -- Grade: B+ - 05/15/2018 A.V. Club
4 stars out of 4 -- "A stunning, enrapturing film, a crowning work by one of the American cinema’s most essential artists." - 05/18/2018 RogerEbert.com
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Not only is this faith-in-crisis drama one of the legendary writer-director's most incendiary films ever, it's one of the year's very best -- a cinematic whirlwind that leaves you both exhilarated and spent." - 05/16/2018 Rolling Stone
"It is the portrait of a soul in torment, all the more powerful for being so rigorously conceived and meticulously executed." - 05/17/2018 New York Times
"With FIRST REFORMED Schrader delivers his most impactful work in years, with Ethan Hawke’s haunting and brilliant work as Ernst Toller joining the ranks of great lead performances in Schrader films." - 05/23/2018 Chicago Sun-Times
"While FIRST REFORMED is a wrenching movie, it’s never gratuitous, and it marks an incredible return to form for an artist still best known for his screenplays for TAXI DRIVER and RAGING BULL." - 05/18/2018 The Atlantic
4 stars out of 5 -- "FIRST REFORMED is peak Paul Schrader. Part character study of a man in spiritual meltdown looking for redemption, part expressionist treatise on inner turmoil and part ’70s exploitation film, the writer-director takes the issues that have suffused his entire career and makes them fresh for the 21st century." - 07/10/2018 Empire
"[A] scary yet ultimately transcendent tale of modern malaise that stands as a return to form for writer-director Paul Schrader." - 12/27/2018 Boston Globe
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