Plot
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
as Pastor Ernst Toller
as Mary Mensana
as Pastor Joel Jeffers
as Esther
as Michael Mensana
as Edward Balq
as John Elder
as Nurse Cindy
as Middle-Aged Tourist
as Middle-Aged Tourist
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Reviews
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 scare that its characters do not see. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend…
**_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 sapiens emerge from this century in our present form. Now, that's not the end of the world. That's j…