First Reformed

First Reformed

2018 "The kingdom come undone."
First Reformed
First Reformed

First Reformed

7.1 | 1h53m | R | en | Drama

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.

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7.1 | 1h53m | R | en | Drama | More Info
Released: May. 18,2018 | Released Producted By: Killer Films , Arclight Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://a24films.com/films/first-reformed
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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.

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Cast

Ethan Hawke , Amanda Seyfried , Cedric the Entertainer

Director

Raphael Sorcio

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Killer Films , Arclight Films

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Gordon-11 This film tells the story of a clergyman who is shaken by the death of a man in his parish.It is interesting to see a film merging religion and environmental issues in one. It is a good way to raise awareness to the issues discussed in the film. In addition, acting is good, the technical aspects are good as well. Though I don't quite think the ending should be the way it is, it is still an interesting watch.
realityinmind This movie is not some great wonder of cinema that needs to be seen by everyone. This movie falls flat on so many levels. Nothing happens for the first 1 hr 15 min of the movie. And the movie is only 2 hours long. I mean, seriously.... nothing happens. The buildup is so slow it is uninteresting. And then it escalates rather quickly towards the end into the most anticlimactic finish imaginable. And if you know anything about Christianity and the Church you would know that a man in Ethan Hawke's character's position would never go the route that he did with such little justification SO QUICKLY. It is not feasible. It takes much more to "turn" someone (so to speak). I'm surprised Paul Schrader, who grew up in a Church of the same denomination and attained a theology degree (BA) in college, would attempt to paint things in such a weakly constructed light.And I'm not even a Christian. But I grew up in the Church and I know enough about it to know that this is not realistic.This movie seems more like liberal propaganda meant to undermine the meaning of Christianity. A person in Ethan Hawke's character's position is not so easily befuddled by the science discussed in this movie. And that is where the true light of this movie shines... on a science that Christians don't care about because they are not wrapped up in it and misinformed about it like mainstream liberals. But since they view it as their own religion they think that it is as strong as Christianity to a Christian. The term to describe this movie the best would be "boring". There are 5 interesting moments in this movie, and the first one doesnt occur for almost an hour. It should not take an hour to develop the character to the extent that Ethan Hawke's character was developed. The ending is RADICALISM. Horrible. 5/10.
Zorica If you have lost your faith in good cinema, seek no more. You surely know Hozier's Take me to church? Well, here it is Toller's (read Schrader's) imagination of a holy place. Even if you don't care about the environment, you must have someone you care for, and this is what this movie's about. Till some time ago, I had very little understanding for the environment activists. Especially for the ones which were labeled to behave like fanatics. I wanted my home, my city, and my country clean of course, but only for aesthetics's purposes. My mind has changed thankfully, but I still have a lot to learn and to reform. As the movie title, we all have to reform, even if it is too late. No matter what your religion is - the message is universal and applies to all types of human solidarity and coexistence. Conserving the planet, no matter how hard and big deprivations await, is the core to every struggle for being good. You want gender , racial, religious equality-then you first must have a place to live to fight the battle. This movie just couldn't do more justice to the cause of environmental preserving. I love how it calls for the religious leaders to step in, where the politic ones chose not to. How it throws light over the numerous establishments which still allow the presence and growth of criminal deviations of the corporations. Mindblowing dialogues (even if you are not religious or ecologist - you'll love them), excellent cinematography and superb acting, are just great addition to the wonderful script. It feels like european cinema. I just can't understand the bad reviews in this section. Please watch this film. I hope that it will inspire you to change, as it did for me, more than any documentary or news I've seen on this topic - which only an astonishing piece of art can achieve - that is, not only to entertain the viewer, but to make him or her contemplate on the subject, and want to make a change.
mobyrnes Don't waste your time.... absolutely appalling That's 2 hours of my life that I would like back. How did this ever get green lit to be made into a movie.