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By Dominic Mill (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 25 Apr 2014

Calvary treads worryingly close to the theater work of John Michael McDonagh's younger sibling, and never quite lives up to such lofty standards…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 13 Apr 2014

After the 2011 black comedy The Guard, Brendan Gleeson reteams with writer-director John Michael McDonagh for a darker comical drama grappling…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 13 Apr 2014

This is an honourable attempt to pull together a meditation on Ireland and its religious disillusion, and part of a planned trilogy for Gleeson…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 12 Apr 2014

Its questions stay with you long after the end credits have left you to your troubled thoughts…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 10 Apr 2014

There is a strong whiff of Beckett-like absurdism and bleak humour in the film, which benefits from a performance of wonderfully droll dignity…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 10 Apr 2014

Director John Michael McDonagh's extraordinary film presents deep existential torment under the guise of a parochial murder mystery…

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By Lucy Barrick (16) for Radio Times (2,421) on 10 Apr 2014

A soulful, thought-provoking and warmly human fable…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 10 Apr 2014

There is certainly a fine film about an unusual, decent priest fighting to get out of this somewhat unwieldy construction…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 09 Apr 2014

It is witty and wistful, tender and troubling, poetic and poignant. A rich and rare treat for grown-up cinemagoers…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 09 Apr 2014

It's a sort of Waiting for Godot, but with plot, and if Waiting for Godot, but with plot, doesn't do it for you, then this is something else…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 09 Apr 2014

A superbly written, darkly funny and powerfully moving mystery with a terrific supporting cast and a magnificent central performance from Brendan…

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By Brian Henry Martin (100) for UTV (100) on 09 Apr 2014

If there is one Irish film to see in 2014 it is Calvary…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 09 Apr 2014

It presents us with a satirical image of a country which is cracked and fractured into pieces, a crazy-paving that isn't fitting together…

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By Antonia Quirke (220) for Financial Times (1,822) on 09 Apr 2014

Calvary's gruelling central issue of abuse has been enough to quieten much criticism of the film, but in truth, most of the time it is coasting…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out London (344) on 08 Apr 2014

[A] wickedly funny black comedy, all fatalism and gallows humour, with both a beating heart and an inquiring mind lingering beneath its tough-guy…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire (3,446) on 06 Apr 2014

On the strength of only two films, McDonagh and Gleeson are a director/star team on a par with Ford/Wayne, Fellini/Mastroianni or Scorsese/De…

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By Jamie Dunn (104) for The Skinny (809) on 06 Apr 2014

Perhaps to compensate for his talky script and repetitive structure, McDonagh's direction is distractingly fussy, all asymmetrical framing…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 06 Apr 2014

If traditional westerns witnessed the bloody transition from anarchy to civilisation, Calvary sees that process reversed - punctuated by the…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 05 Apr 2014

If you enjoyed McDonagh's sharp dialogue and Gleeson's world-weary charm last time around, there's more than enough of both to keep you interested…

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By Niki Boyle (42) for The List (2,018) on 27 Feb 2014

Calvary is a reasonably good analysis of Irish Catholicism's role in the age of atheism, but it's much more valuable for its depiction of a…

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