First Reformed

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Original title: First Reformed
Year: 2017
Running time: 108 min.
Country: United States
Director: Paul Schrader
Screenwriter: Paul Schrader
Music: Brian "Lustmord" Williams
Cinematography: Alexander Dynan
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Bill Hoag, Michael Metta, Frank Rodriguez, Mahaleia Gray, Elanna White, Satchel Eden Bell, Joseph Anthony Jerez, Jake Alden-Falconer, Otis Edward Cotton, Delano Montgomery
Producer: Killer Films / Omeira Studio Partners / Fibonacci Films / Arclight Films / Big Indie Pictures. Distributed by A24
Genre: Drama | Religion
Synopsis / Plot: An ex-military chaplain (Ethan Hawke) is wrecked by grief over the death of his son in Iraq. Amanda Seyfried plays a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, setting the plot in motion.

Awards: 2018: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Screenplay & Actor (Hawke)

2018: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor (Hawke)

2018: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Films & Original Screenplay

2018: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year

2018: Critics Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Hawke) & Screenplay

2018: Independent Spirit Awards: Nom. for Best Film, Director, Screenplay & Actor

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2018: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Actor (Hawke) & Best Screenplay. 4 Nom.

2018: Gotham Awards: Best Screenplay & Actor (Hawke). 3 Nominations

2018: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Film, Screenplay & Actor

2017: Venice Film Festival: Official Selection

Critics' reviews

"Schrader (...) is 71, and has had a long and varied career, but 'First Reformed' nonetheless feels like a fresh discovery. More than that: an epiphany."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Schrader offers one of the year's best movies (...) Ethan Hawke hitting a new career peak-who is politically awakened by an eco-activist and a new kind of love (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"It’s a fierce film; Schrader, one of the crucial creators of the modern cinema (...) seems to have made it in a state of anger, passion, pain, mourning, and desire"

Richard Brody: The New Yorker
"A mesmerizingly austere drama (…) [It] feels like the movie Paul Schrader was put on this planet to make (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"A grindhouse art film you can't stop watching (...) [Hawke] takes the role of Toller (...) and makes it convincing (...) [Schrader] is still one hell of a filmmaker."

Owen Gleiberman: Variety
"It's his most effective work as a director since 'Auto Focus 15' (...) There's not quite enough oomph or style in the filmmaking to make you forget about the schematic nature of the dramatic construct"

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"Schrader’s best film in two decades (…) [He] is a master of austere screen stories of existential crisis, which he’s deepened here with his genuine concerns about environmental ruin (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Peter Howell: Toronto Star
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