US Edition‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Shakes, Battles and Extols in an Arresting Religious Biopic
Amanda Seyfried stars in a film portraying Ann Lee's journey from abusive childhood in England to founding Shakerism, emphasizing celibacy and equality, set in 18th-century America.
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Channels Agony and Ecstasy in Audacious Epic That’s Easier to Admire Than to Love
Amanda Seyfried stars in 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' Mona Fastvold's religious historical epic about the 18th century woman who founded the Shakers.
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Shakes, Battles and Extols in an Arresting Religious Biopic
Those of us who first understood Shakerism not as a religious movement but as a mail-order furniture company — like a particularly elegant, artisanal version of Ikea — have much to learn from “The Testament of Ann Lee,” and a bit to unlearn too. Ascetic simplicity, the quality most conventionally associated with the vanishing Christian sect, is not exactly the order of the day in director Mona Fastvold’s blazingly ambitious and busy portrait of …
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Is a Singing Female Christ Figure in Mona Fastvold’s Incredible Quasi-Musical About the Shaker Prophet
The team behind "The Brutalist" return for another, possibly even better epic about someone coming to America and building a church.
The actress presented at the Venice Festival the film The Will of Anne Lee, a musical about the 18th century English missionary directed by the Norwegian Mona Fastvold that already sounds for the Oscars.
Amanda Seyfried shines in "The Testament of Ann Lee", directed by Mona Fastvold, portraying the bold life of the founder of the Shakers in New York.
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