1. Calvary movie review & film summary (2014) - Roger Ebert
This film is about a very good person trying to uphold the Catholic Church as an institution of honour in the face of those who are trying to break it down, and ...
This is the kind of movie that galvanizes and discomfits while it’s on screen, and is terrific fodder for conversation long after its credits role. Even if you are neither Catholic nor Irish, this “Calvary” will in no way be a useless sacrifice of your moviegoing time.
2. Calvary (2014) - Decent Films
Set in County Sligo on the west coast of Ireland, Calvary confronts the impact of the clerical sex-abuse scandal on the Church in Ireland.
Sometimes misleadingly described as a dark comedy, Calvary is certainly dark, and there are sporadic bits of absurdist humor. In keeping with its title, though, it really is a passion play, with Father James as an innocent victim to be sacrificed for the sins of the Church.
3. Calvary (2014): A Film Review of a Tragedy - Catholic Insight
16 jun 2020 · A glimpse into the heart of a pagan culture, which only the grace of the sacraments, given us by the priest, can heal.
The following review was written by Father Callam for an anthology, and is re-posted here, signifying Hollywood’s continued fascination with the image of the Catholic priest. They always somehow distort, even mock and belittle, that image, but something essential also always remains, and the hold the priest has over our imagination speaks volumes. At least[...]
4. Calvary | Movie Review | Deep Focus Review
7 sep 2014 · A priest in a small Irish town, Father Lavelle, played by the inimitable Brendan Gleeson, awaits a confessor.
A priest in a small Irish town, Father Lavelle, played by the inimitable Brendan Gleeson, awaits a confessor. A man enters off-screen and says, “I w
5. Calvary - Rotten Tomatoes
An honest and good-hearted priest (Brendan Gleeson) wrestles with a cynical, spiteful community after he receives a death threat from an unknown parishioner.
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6. Calvary review – 'a terrific black comedy that touches greatness'
13 apr 2014 · Calvary, the terrific new film from writer-director John Michael McDonagh, is a whodunnit with a difference, a black comedy with aspirations.
Brendan Gleeson surpasses himself as a parish priest threatened with crucifixion in John Michael McDonagh's follow-up to The Guard, writes Xan Brooks
7. Calvary Movie Review - The Metaplex
7 sep 2014 · Calvary is a bitter moralistic tale, and while it's true the McDonagh brothers imbue their films with a strong undercurrent of sorrow, Martin ...
Cavalry has moments of tremendous spiritual power, but it nonetheless falls short of greatness.
8. Calvary Movie Review | Common Sense Media
27 apr 2023 · Parents need to know that Calvary is a thoughtful drama about an Irish priest. It has lots of mature content, including shooting and blood, ...
Mature material in thoughtful, powerful Irish drama. Read Common Sense Media's Calvary review, age rating, and parents guide.
9. Film of the week: Calvary | Sight & Sound - BFI
24 nov 2016 · Faith, doubt, temptation, black comedy and death: Brendan Gleeson towers as a defiant man of the cloth in a cross between a Robert Bresson movie and High Noon.
Considerably darker than his 2011 comedy thriller The Guard, John Michael McDonagh’s second feature proposes a teasing but highly serious examination of the question of faith and uncertainty. The director’s statement summarises Calvary thus: “The mise en scène indebted to Andrew Wyeth. The philosophy to Jean Améry. The transcendental style inspired by Robert Bresson.”
10. Calvary (John Michael McDonagh 2014) - Estudios Irlandeses
James Lavelle (constant collaborator Brendan Gleeson) has been informed in the confessional by an unknown former victim of clerical abuse that he will be killed ...
In this ambitious attempt at something between a Bergman-esque mystery play and a nihilist Western, McDonagh steers his course through a vastly more complex moral path than did his international hit The Guard (2011). While superficially it takes the form of a suspense thriller – Fr. James Lavelle (constant collaborator Brendan Gleeson) has been informed