: Delivers an intense and charismatic performance as Pastor Lemuel Childs, a man who commands his "mountaintop kingdom" with fire-and-brimstone fervor.
: As the protagonist Mara, Englert provides a "North Star" of quiet decency and poignant struggle amidst the surrounding religious extremism. Critical Consensus
: Playing Hope Slaughter, Colman brings human complexity to a character that could have easily become a one-dimensional zealot.