The Testament of Ann Lee

Name: The Testament of Ann Lee
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Released: December 25, 2025
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 80

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Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2025 | R

Summary: An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried), the founder of the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers.

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Musical

Rating: R

Runtime: 137 min

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The Independent Clarisse Loughrey

Mar 5, 2026

Fastvold circumnavigates the lack of historical evidence of Lee’s life by building on what is known via compassionate imagination. Read full review

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Zachary Barnes

Dec 26, 2025

The Testament of Ann Lee is primarily a film about the pull and power of belief. Delivered in a style that evokes its historical moment while also cutting across time to the present, it lands with the enthralling, incantatory force of urgent prayer. Read full review

Caroline Siede

Jan 2, 2026

The frenzied, lustful energy of the film’s first half makes it one of the most thrilling cinematic experiences of the year and, though the slower, more mannered second half struggles to recapture that same sense of propulsion, there’s a purpose to that too. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Sep 1, 2025

The Testament of Ann Lee is rich in agnostic questioning and bemused human interest, but at such radiant peaks, Fastvold makes believers of us all. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Dec 30, 2025

The Testament of Ann Lee suggests a bigger story than Fastvold has the time or resources to tell, but it stays close to Seyfried’s hip and allows the purity of Ann’s vision to carry the day. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Dec 5, 2025

It’s gutsy and largely works, though something about the theatricality of it all kept me at a distance. Read full review

The Times Kevin Maher

Sep 6, 2025

The film, alas, and it pains me to say it, is not very good. It’s overwhelmingly, unfortunately, self-serious, and thus accidentally very Monty Python. There’s little dramatic tension and the music is close to agony. Read full review

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