ethan hawke SNAPPED with this one! this is the funniest shit i have ever seen. and only bringing on Black and/or female directors? we love to see it. i’m only on the first episode but i knew from the opening credits alone this was gonna be my speed. the boy of boyhood also in this?!?! guess being ethan hawke’s son is his brand. just give me more daveed and rafael next episode u cowards!!!!

Yeah this was fucking great. A great mix of comedy and harrowing drama that somehow manages to completely work. Ethan Hawke gives an absolutely incredible performance but more credit absolutely needs to be given to Joshua Caleb Johnson as Onion. A fantastic young talent who is without a doubt destined to have a long and good career. Everyone in this nails their roles but Hawke & Johnson absolutely own this.

The Good Lord Bird isn't being talked about enough and it's a shame. It's a fantastic mini series that I can't recommend enough. It's funny, well written and in its 7 episodes, doesn't undermine the subject matter it tackles. A story like this can go either way but here it absolutely works.

What's a better Xmas present than getting to watch Ethan Hawke be a crazy, badass abolitionist for approx. 5 hrs?
Answer: Absolutely none!

also, a little Daveed Diggs playing Frederick Douglass as a treat.

This is just what happens when Reverend Toller really lets himself go

Если бы ветхозаветный Бог существовал, он без сомнения бы выглядел как Итан Хоук в роли Джона Брауна, страстного идеалиста и аболициониста, у которого одна проблема - он совершенно невменяемый. Человек, вооруженный двумя револьверами и Словом Божьим и пребывающий в состоянии слепой веры и праведной ярости - это потрясающее зрелище. Сама история также авантюрна и безумна, впрочем, наверняка приукрашена - зато это действительно увлекательный рассказ об Америке накануне Гражданской войны, балансирующий на грани фарса и не боящийся неудобных моментов. В конце концов, здешний Джон Браун хоть и был абсолютным безумцем, но когда нормальность своей страны становится противной человечности, то ничего не остается, кроме как признать подобное безумие единственным морально допустимым шагом.

Probably one of the best shows of recent years

Not only is it a great story, but it had one of the greatest initiatives I've seen in production (for those who don't know they brought on POC and female filmmakers to direct all the episodes)

So many break out performances, so many great new actors to look out for, and perhaps even a career-best from Ethan Hawke as someone whom I didn't even know existed, but is genuinely among the most interesting characters I've ever had the pleasure of learning about.

Do yourself a favour and check it out. ESPECIALLY if you're a fan of revisionist westerns and/or Spike Lee!!

p.s I'm going to shamelessly share an underrated tweet of mine to the people who watch this because it's a good tweet and I demand it gets more attention 😤😤 twitter.com/Bseesa_/status/1324364191503929345?s=20

My main man really went for that Emmy

Can’t recommend this enough. Spike Lee meets Quintin Tarantino with superb acting.  Ethan Hawke gives such an incredible performance and fully embraces his role as John Brown. I appreciated how the differing perspectives regarding Browns morality and sanity were presented, especially the debates and doubts within the abolitionist community.

This miniseries walked on a thin line between comedy and serious. It excelled on both. It also was heartfelt and sympathetic. This dark comedy managed to do it all and made it great.

Ethan Hawke was phenomenal as John Brown, he played the insane and righteous so beautifully.

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I first heard about this show few days ago, as someone I followed on letterboxd logged this on here. Whoever you are, thank you.

Ethan Hawke and Joshua Caleb Johnson deserve all the Emmys.

I think this was the year Ethan Hawke finally snapped with two really offbeat performances, but it is in playing John Brown that he seems to have found his centre as an artist. Eccentric but never an easy watch, this show is so good I tried seeing it through the lens of unjustifiably woke politics and it still held up. Towering achievement!

what a beautiful country

Ethan Hawke est excellent mais l'ensemble est un peu bancal.

The Good Lord Bird is a memorably wild, fast-paced, incident-packed journey full of riotous humor and angry insight.

Ethan Hawke: Seine stärkste Performance. Voller Furor. Schwere Themen, unterhaltsam inszeniert. Sehr gelungene Serie.

Brilliant acted and directed.
What started off as one of the most surprisingly funny shows I've ever seen quickly became one of the most emotional and relevant ones.
If anything, it's worth a watch just to say that you saw Joshua Caleb Johnson in the early days before he inevitably becomes a superstar.
The good lord surely blessed this production

Если бы ветхозаветный Бог существовал, он без сомнения бы выглядел как Итан Хоук в роли Джона Брауна, страстного идеалиста и аболициониста, у которого одна проблема - он совершенно невменяемый. Человек, вооруженный двумя револьверами и Словом Божьим и пребывающий в состоянии слепой веры и праведной ярости - это потрясающее зрелище. Сама история также авантюрна и безумна, впрочем, наверняка приукрашена - зато это действительно увлекательный рассказ об Америке накануне Гражданской войны, балансирующий на грани фарса и не боящийся неудобных моментов. В конце концов, здешний Джон Браун хоть и был абсолютным безумцем, но когда нормальность своей страны становится противной человечности, то ничего не остается, кроме как признать подобное безумие единственным морально допустимым шагом.

Ethan Hawke is as good in this as his fake blue eye contact lenses are bad in this.

ethan hawke showing the world what sicko mode actually means

Holy fuck Ethan Hawke gives a GOD TIER performance in this

Also *MINI SPOILER* his reaffirmation of the trans coded character at the end was just what I needed to hear tbh, wish he was My adopted dad