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Calvary

Drama

2014, Movie, 1h 42min

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Country: Ireland,United Kingdom

Director:

John Michael McDonagh

Cast:

Reviews

Critic A.A. Dowd

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...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.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Glenn Kenny

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Catholic nor Irish, this “Calvary” will in no way be a useless sacrifice of your moviegoing time.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Kim Newman

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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...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Xan Brooks

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...a film with a deep love of language and a sharp sense of place; a puckish little tease that first purrs with pleasure and then shows us its claws.

Read full review at The Guardian

Kasper Løvborg

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"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...

4 years ago

Critic Josh Kupecki

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...[McDonagh] has crafted a darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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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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