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7.4
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7.8

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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 7

...builds to an ending that feels cut-and-dry, while leaving the impression that some larger point—perhaps one about culpability, or responsibility, or God, or something even larger—may be getting lost along the way.

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Critic Kim Newman
rated 10

This is even more Gleeson’s film, but is studded with superb work from Reilly as the damaged yet loyal daughter, Aidan Gillen as a venomous atheist coroner...

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Kasper Løvborg
rated 8

"I think she's bipolar, or lactose intolerant, one of the two." The pitch-black humour in the reference-laden dialogue tickles our funny bones, but 'Calvary' also manages to sneak disturbing seriousness in under our myster...

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Cast & Crew

M. Emmet Walsh
As The Writer
Brendan Gleeson
As Father James Lavelle
Aidan Gillen
As Dr. Frank Harte
Chris O'Dowd
As Jack Brennan

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Calvary's plot centers around Father James Lavelle, a kind-hearted priest who is threatened during a confession and given a week to put his affairs in order before he is killed. Instead of reporting the threat to the police, James decides to continue his parish duties as usual, encountering hostility from various locals. He also visits an elderly writer who requests his help in obtaining a gun to end his life when necessary and counsels a young man struggling with suicidal thoughts and pornography addiction. Meanwhile, James' daughter Fiona visits him, and he attempts to discuss her attempted suicide without success. As the day of his potential murder approaches, James faces various challenges while trying to find solace in his work and prepare for the possibility of death.

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Calvary was released in theaters on August 1, 2014.