Review of First Reformed (2018) by Trailesque — 20 Apr 2022
Hawke is excellent as the lonely, depressed pastor of a dwindling congregation in an upstate New York town. Hats off to Schrader and the rest for making a film that deals seriously with Christianity and Protestants; that is something that one rarely sees these days.
It also addresses the themes of environmentalism, the influence of rich people on the institutions they support, and of small town blues. I bet Ingmar Bergman would have liked this film. Unfortunately things start veering into Travis Bickle territory towards the finish, which is not very credible given what we have seen so far, but this is still very fine work overall.
This review of First Reformed (2018) was written by Trailesque on 20 Apr 2022.
First Reformed has generally received positive reviews.
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