Calvary
The film revolves around a good-hearted priest threatened when he falls into a confession, and then he has to fight with the dark forces around…
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
12 May 1983, Dublin, Ireland
18 July 1977, Surrey, England, UK
12 December 1966, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
3 November 1971, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland
9 October 1979, Sligo, Ireland
12 August 1957, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
July 14, 2016
Calvary is both darkly comic and deeply sad. And it's well worth 10 of your dollars and 100 minutes of your time.
May 26, 2016
The symbolism of Calvary is almost crushing at times. Nonetheless, its exploration of religious conviction is exceptionally mature and thoughtful.
August 14, 2014
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.
April 28, 2015
McDonagh's rotted-out take on the Stations of the Cross is a strange film, often hilarious yet always heavy and forlorn.
August 14, 2014
Both the comedy and the violence are watered down by a dark melancholy.
August 15, 2014
Brendan Gleeson delivers a typically towering yet warm performance in "Calvary." Too bad the movie's something of a mess.
August 08, 2014
A dark and profoundly funny tale of an institution failing its sheep and its best shepherds.
August 14, 2014
Writer-director John Michael McDonagh paints a rich portrait of the priestly life (and life in general) by concentrating on the details.
June 21, 2016
McDonagh's writing talent is without question and the themes throughout are undeniably intriguing.
February 19, 2015
Gleeson is just magnificent.
September 22, 2014
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.
April 09, 2016
More traumatic than enjoyable, but there's great beauty in both its scenery and the way McDonagh and his cast cut through us with surgical precision.
