Calvary - Reviews

...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.

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

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...

...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.

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

Roligt, bryskt och gripande, med en varm och dominerande insats av Gleeson.

Att ”Calvary” ändå engagerar beror, förutom Gleesons lunsiga Kristusgestalt, på de vidunderliga naturvyerna. Människorna blir futtiga i det stormiga kustlandskapet.

…en moraliskt komplex och känslomässigt förkrossande film som kommer dröja kvar hos publiken…