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Calvary
Directed by
John Michael McDonagh
R
2014
1h 41m
Drama
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Mystery
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7.4
89%
80%
7.1
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After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Calvary Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
The tension of Calvary is fitful at best, and much of the movie trips into silliness, but in Brendan Gleeson -- in his proud bearing and his lamenting gaze -- we see the plight of the lonely believer in a world beyond belief.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Brendan Gleeson delivers a typically towering yet warm performance in "Calvary." Too bad the movie's something of a mess.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It serves as a marvelous showcase for Gleeson, a great old-lion actor who shows, in the film's many close-ups, a quiet, weary yet unbending faith, and a face on which emotion can play like a wave on the beach.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Writer-director John Michael McDonagh paints a rich portrait of the priestly life (and life in general) by concentrating on the details.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
Cruel and laced with pitch-black humor, it is a film that will needle its way into your psyche; removing it may prove difficult.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Both the comedy and the violence are watered down by a dark melancholy.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
A dark and profoundly funny tale of an institution failing its sheep and its best shepherds.
Boston Globe
Tom Russo
"Calvary" is often wound tightest in the most unexpected places.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
[Gleeson] projects fierce intelligence, wit, gentleness, ruefulness, soulfulness.
Newsday
John Anderson
It doesn't confront church scandal-priestly crime; it stares into the spiritual void that has been left in its wake. What stares back is lurid, soulless and damned.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The irony and fatalism that have driven "Calvary" forward reach an end point that, while doubtlessly dramatic, doesn't jibe with the Father James we've come to know and love.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Gleeson brings his usual fierceness and gravity to the role, and there are fine supporting turns by Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aiden Gillen, and Dylan Moran.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Gleeson is remarkable in one of the best roles for one of the finest character actors around, who is finally, with this and McDonagh's last film, "The Guard," getting his shot at lead roles.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
I imagine most people will watch the film and merely see the village as populated by vivid eccentrics. But a closer look at these odd, bitter, hostile characters will suggest something darker at work.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Gleeson carries the film with wonderful, natural authority. He's a little better than the movie itself, which is glib to a fault.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
I've seen so many movies, with great dialogue, that aren't about anything; here's a film on a fascinating subject, but the dialogue is terrible.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
In 'Calvary' Brendan Gleeson, as Father James, is a man left on his own to face a dark threat.
NPR
Bob Mondello
Calvary is bleak and corrosively funny in about equal measure.
Slate
Dana Stevens
Calvary gives Gleeson ample opportunity to explore his talent for anchoring a movie, making it deeper and richer than the script and direction might otherwise allow.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Gleeson is a wonderful actor and he keeps a lid on the blarney. He manages to convey a lot -- fear, anger, compassion, rue -- with only the slightest of squints and frowns. But he's still the center of a cooked-up cavalcade of souls.
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