Tormented by his own past, a minister of a local congregation on the outskirts of New York counsels a young couple with deeply unsettling results for everyone.
Paul Shrader, writer of Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and more, comes back with yet another provocative film he also directs. First Reformed is not for the average viewer. It is for the patient and the one with the sheer will to understand that actions trigger incalculable reactions, whether on the planet or in the human psyche. Very slow-paced with no intention of impressing or pleasing anyone, “First Reformed”, becomes judge, jury, and executioner, standing up for the environment and God opposite religion and mankind. A character-driven story with directing that clearly defines the editing pace and acting that shows you without telling you. And the few times it does, it shocks!
Rationalising it might not be the best way to approach it, as, other than the aforementioned, First Reformed puts sanity under the microscope and subliminally scrutinises how, unbeknownst to us, everything is connected.
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