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First Reformed

2018 · 113 min

A slow, austere plunge into spiritual despair, heavy with quiet dread and moral anguish, offering little relief.

Tagline
The kingdom come undone.
Overview
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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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • grief
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • environment
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paul Schrader
Written by
Paul Schrader
Starring
Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Bill Hoag, Kristin Villanueva
Music
Brian Williams
Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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