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Evening Standard
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Nick Howells

The Testament of Ann Lee review: Amanda Seyfried sizzles as the evangelical heroine

Nope, I hadn’t heard of her either. However, if you’re going to shine much-needed light on extraordinary women, it would be hard to find a more miraculous one than Ann Lee.

The founding leader of the Shakers gets the full-blooded, all-singing, all-dancing treatment from Mona Fastvold (here taking over the director’s chair from her partner on The Brutalist, Brady Corbet, who is on co-writing duties again).

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