The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female Christ.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
186 audience votes
Key crew
- Mona FastvoldDirector
- Mona FastvoldWriter
- Brady CorbetWriter
- Daniel BlumbergOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Amanda SeyfriedAnn Lee
- Lewis PullmanWilliam Lee
- Thomasin McKenzieMary Partington / Narrator
- Matthew BeardJames Whittaker
- Christopher AbbottAbraham Standerin
- Viola PrettejohnNancy Lee
- David CaleJohn Hocknell
- Stacy MartinJane Wardly
- Scott HandyJames Wardley
- Jeremy WheelerJohn Townley
- Tim Blake NelsonPastor Reuben Wight
- Daniel BlumbergDeacon Talmadge Bishop
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Themes
new york citychristianitycelibacymusicalevangelical christianity18th centurywoman directormeditativemanchesterrepressionreligious leaderprovocative