First Reformed - Reviews

...Paul Schrader’s new drama blows into town like Jesus at the temple. It’s here to call out the hypocrites, railing at the way in which Christianity is deployed as a convenient fig leaf by the resurgent American right...

As a priest who may or may not be losing his mind, Hawke provides a compelling anchor for Schrader's surprisingly effective religious-themed film.

...a stunning, enrapturing film, a crowning work by one of the American cinema’s most essential artists.

...mind-bending spiritual drama.

It is about a man of God and his personal spiritual ordeal, building inexorably to an apocalyptic climax.

It’s uncompromising and difficult, but marks a return to blistering form for one of US cinema’s most personal, powerful voices.

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