First Reformed
Story of a man called Toller. Toller is a previous military cleric disheartened by his sadness over the demise of his child, his faith is tested when Mary comes to the church, the woman who is so sad after the suicide of her better half, the outrageous researcher.
8 December 1960, Montevideo, Uruguay
31 May 1989, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
24 April 1964, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
18 February 1971, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
July 23, 2018
You won't see a more textured film this summer.
July 20, 2018
Schrader wastes the good work of cinematographer Alexander Dynan - whose framing of every scene is flawlessly precise - and by Hawke, who continues to evolve as an actor in independent productions such as this.
June 01, 2018
"First Reformed" takes some wild, unexpected and uncomfortable turns in its final act that will surely shock some, anger others and disturb just about everyone. For Schrader, it shows that he's still got it. Welcome back.
July 17, 2018
Bleak...and slightly barking.
May 31, 2018
"First Reformed" is a miracle in its own regard, the rare type of film that leaves us with questions left to answer and for many, a desire to dig into it deeper through a second viewing.
June 01, 2018
Ultimately its sheer archness reveals Paul Schrader as a gifted and deeply persuasive evangelist of the transcendental style - if not quite a canon saint.
May 31, 2018
This is a movie about faith tested, and people trying to reconcile hope with a world that can feel hopeless. It's a film to be seen in a dark theater with an audience hushed in reverence of the power of cinema.
May 31, 2018
First Reformed deserves all praise.
July 23, 2018
Masterful.
July 17, 2018
Schrader is the divine mortal who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. He's as passionate as ever; what he has lost is his discipline.
June 07, 2018
The latest film from pugnacious director/writer Paul Schrader is as austere and revelatory as a church confessional...It's a bleak portrait of a man in the midst of a spiritual breakdown that is only slightly undone by its rather unsatisfying conclusion.
July 18, 2018
The film can't quite summon the anguish to go full Taxi Driver - the conclusion balks right at the edge of the abyss - but Schrader's images have never been crisper, and Hawke is transfixing.
