Directed by Mona Fastvold
Certificate 15
130 minutes
Released 27 February and on Disney+ from 13 May
Few films accurately chronicle a specific, historical Christian sect, fewer still do so as a musical. I knew virtually nothing about the Shakers, before seeing The Testament of Ann Lee, which is based on a true story. | found much to admire in their religion, yet I was appalled by two aspects.
Read the rest of my Reformed magazine review here.
Read my later review for this website here.
The Testament of Ann Lee is on Disney+ from Wednesday, March 13th following its release in cinemas in the UK on Friday, February 27th 2026
Teaser Trailer (Cert. 12a, which really gives no indication of some of the more extreme elements in the film):
Trailer