First Reformed

"Courage is the solution to despair, reason provides no answers. I can't know what the future will bring; we have to choose despite uncertainty. Wisdom is holding two contradictory truths in our mind, simultaneously, Hope and despair. A life without despair is a life without hope. Holding these two ideas in our head is life itself."

"Flawless, from scene-to-scene, cut-to-cut, from one segment of cursed narration to another. Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried are brave and angelic in their personalized, tortured depictions of pain. A masterclass in humanizing the religious impulse. Transcendent cinematic experience."

"9 times out of 10 I hate it when a movie doesn't have a proper ending, I guess for interpretation purposes. This is one of those times. Had it not cut off at the worst time then it would have deserved another star. That being said it was filmed and acted very well. I did thoroughly enjoy it up until the screen went black and ruined it for me."

"Unless I saw things wrong, wasn’t he putting the barbed wire on under his white robe? Wouldn’t Mary have noticed in the final scene? Anyway, I enjoyed this film. Hawke delivers a great performance. And, tho strange within the context of the film, I enjoyed the lying down scene. Unexpected and memorable… the type of moments I really appreciate in film."

"If you’re an avid thriller, movie person... this is a MUST!! Ethan Hawke kills it. You’ve been warned: it’s super weird "

"Ethan Hawke & Amanda Seyfried were solid in this and Paul Schrader’s directing & writing is at its best! "

"This was a pretty solid movie, except the end was so odd. The last few minutes were so confusing. Before that it was very good, a thought provoking story. "

"Underrated."

"The taxi driver of this century!"