First Reformed

2017

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

92
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69% · 255 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 66884 66.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Paul Schrader Photo
Paul Schrader

Top cast

Amanda Seyfried Photo
Amanda Seyfried as Mary
Ethan Hawke Photo
Ethan Hawke as Reverend Ernst Toller
Frank Murray Photo
Frank Murray as Coroner
Cedric the Entertainer Photo
Cedric the Entertainer as Reverend Joel Jeffers
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

oddly mesmerizing film

It's as stark as a Scandinavian winterscape. Ethan Hawke stars as a troubled pastor in a small Upstate New York town. He's assigned to an ancient church (founded in 1767) that's basically a tourist spot and part of a megachurch that seats 5,000 and televises regularly for donations. You know the type.Anyway, Hawke has a troubled past. His marriage fell apart after his son was killed in Iraq (for nothing) and he may have cancer. He wanders the empty parsonage like a ghost. He's called by a local woman (Amanda Seyfried) to counsel her radicalized husband. He's a warrior against those who are killing the planet for personal gain. He's totally obsessed with industrial pollution and climate change, etc. The wife panics when she discovers a suicide vest loaded with explosives.The other main plot has Hawke dealing with the slick megachurch bureaucracy and its major donor, who has a history of polluting the environment. Hey, I said this was stark.After several plot turns, the film almost reaches it conclusion but the screen suddenly goes black and silent just as we're about to reach the climax. I thought my streaming service went out. A very off way to end a film, but probably effective. I think there's more than a passing nod to Flannery O'Connor's brilliant novel, Wise Blood, and Hawkes' Toller shares a close kinship with O'Connor's protagonist Hazel Motes and his "Church without Christ." This is a somber and fascinating film by Paul Schrader and certainly not to all tastes. It's worth sticking with because of Ethan Hawkes' excellent performance.
Reviewed by winniethepoodle 6 / 10

I Dont Know If I Like This Movie

On one hand, its beautifully acted, well written, has stunning cinematography, and, at times, makes me want to be a better person BUT this movie is completely devoid of happiness. I felt like crap the entire time I watched it. Perhaps that was its intent.I watched the entire move so I must have liked it a little.
Reviewed by balloonflies 7 / 10

The devil

Like the lead character in this masterpiece, many of us are tired of the uneducated, artless, soulless people of today pretending they are superior as they fail to engage with any semblance of decency with anyone who doesn't tow their line. That's what this movie is about. And how love is still able to save us. But first, we must call a spade a spade. Impeach the evil trolls within our culture. And deeply shame the nation of idiots who bash movies like this because they are too stupid to know better.
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