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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 23 May 2018

At once ruminative and shocking, godwardly inclined and repellently graphic, First Reformed is indisputably the finest film Schrader has directed…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 May 2018

An act of spiritual inquiry, a coolly assured example of cinematic scholarship in subtly deployed motion and one of the strongest pictures of 2018…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 23 May 2018

Paul Schrader’s First Reformed is an amazing examination of faith, a film that stays with you long after you have left the theater…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 May 2018

This knuckle-whitening depiction of a man of God toppling into his own spiritual abyss is one of Schrader’s finest and most excoriating films…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 23 May 2018

Schrader's brilliant film seamlessly incorporates the personal, the political, and the spiritual into one dynamic and immersive narrative…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 May 2018

First Reformed has a confidence about it, the presence of filmmaking consciousness that can’t do wrong, because this time he knows exactly…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 May 2018

With First Reformed, Schrader delivers his most impactful work in years, with Ethan Hawke’s haunting and brilliant work as Ernst Toller joining…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Reverse Shot (113) on 22 May 2018

Hawke gives an extraordinarily controlled performance as a man struggling mightily to retain dominion over himself...every minute detail of…

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By Sean Nelson (32) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 21 May 2018

Commandingly demonstrates that [Paul] Schrader is still worth listening to…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 21 May 2018

First Reformed is Ethan Hawke's film and the actor gives a richly textured performance of a man at an important crossroad in his life…

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By Dom Sinacola (87) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 21 May 2018

It’s a gorgeous film, mourning the impossibility of being alive as it celebrates that which binds us, a conscious-rattling, viscera-stirring…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 21 May 2018

The diary allows for Toller's narration to feel natural and place us into the mind on the verge of destruction, and the closing moments express…

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By Stefan D (33) on 21 May 2018

A redemption for Paul Schrader and a victory for all those carrying out his vision…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 20 May 2018

Hawke delivers what very well may be his career-best performance as Ernst Toller…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 20 May 2018

The result is an embittered look at our world through the eyes of someone who’s increasingly horrified to be a part of it, and a film that’s…

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By Adam Nayman (350) for The Ringer (285) on 20 May 2018

This scenario is serious almost to the point of silliness: It could be parody of a morality play…

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By Don Kaye (124) for Den of Geek (424) on 20 May 2018

There's nothing ambiguous about the strength of Hawke's work or the fact that this is a complete artistic comeback for a writer and director…

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By Marcdoyle (398) on 19 May 2018

Outstanding film - Ethan Hawke at the peak of his powers. And Cedric is really good in this serious role…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Alternate Ending (372) on 19 May 2018

A tremendous character study, and a severe depiction of how guilt and the desire to punish oneself manifest…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 18 May 2018

It's fearless, yet utterly controlled, terribly moving and beautifully terrifying…

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