Review of Calvary (2014) by Neil H — 06 Aug 2014

Great film. Gleeson is one of THE great actors.

This review of Calvary (2014) was written by Neil H on 06 Aug 2014.

Calvary has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Calvary

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Inaneswine (123) on 14 Nov 2017

Calvary has plenty to say about faith and hypocrisy, and is a brilliant and much needed celluloid commentary on the recent revelations concerning…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Marcianne Miller (52) for Bold Life (Hendersonville, NC) (39) on 23 Aug 2018

The movie is a tragedy with humor -- kind of like life. And, like life, it may be way-too-human for some audiences. I loved it. My companion did not…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Geewah (593) on 17 Jan 2021

One of 2014's best movies…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Mary P (214) on 20 May 2016

Heartbreaking, yet impossible to look away…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Dustin G (630) on 11 Jan 2016

Kept on seeing this film at the corner of my eye for ages and finally got round to watching it. I saw it in the comedy section at the shops…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Jolly M (3) on 05 May 2017

Great acting, but I hated the storyline....trying to be thought provoking, I guess, but plot did not make sense…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Calvary is an occasionally funny and frequently heartfelt film about faith and the conflicts it can cause…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Orukayu (96) on 22 Jan 2023

It's an extremely dramatic film that was made in 2014 that deeply affected me. The acting is magnificent. Brendan Gleeson impressed me…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By Allie M (37) on 06 May 2016

One of the best opening lines to any movie…

Read Review

Review of Calvary (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 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…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

By Yvett B (2) on 04 Sep 2006

Desperately wanted to be critically acclaimed and it showed. Didn't like it…

Read Review

Review of In the Name of the Father (1993)

By Mary M (448) on 04 Nov 2008

Irish politics! and above me!! move on please…

Read Review

Review of Michael Collins (1996)

By Trey M (107) on 09 Mar 2013

It didn't do much for me when I saw it years ago. I'm a little more interested now that I live in Europe…

Read Review

Review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

By Allyl (4) on 04 Jan 2006

Completely illogical and sappy. the dumbest defense of a client in all legal history…

Read Review

Review of Bad Education (2004)

By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 14 Nov 2004

I think that Bad Education may have something to tell us about living through the next years. Not that Almodóvar offers any advice…

Read Review

Review of Breaking the Waves (1996)

By Johnblack1979 (2) on 01 Aug 2015

Deadly boring. Give me back my 150 minutes. Total waste of time. I will never understand why people are so fascinated by these artsy craps…

Read Review

Review of Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 14 May 2007

May be Jordan's wildest mis-shot yet, so dense with dying fizzle and limp ideas that I began to wonder if Jordan has an evil twin, or if there…

Read Review

Review of Kiss of Death (1995)

By Stephen L (620) on 22 Apr 2015

There's good over the top Cage then there is this slop,add in thinking this is the star vehicle Caruso left NYPD Blue for and this bomb is lit…

Read Review

Review of Space Raiders (2005)

By Richard D (1,732) on 03 Jan 2017

I was hoping this would be a cheesy B-Movie space opera romp with lots of piracy, swashbuckling, and evil space empires…

Read Review

Review of The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

By Dikiz . (8) on 15 Dec 2007

Yeah yeah.. the good and the bad.. fight…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Calvary

2014

75%629 Reviews

Love Sonia

2018

76%12 Reviews

Ocean's Eight

2018

58%1,175 Reviews

Ironclad

2011

54%420 Reviews

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947

72%7 Reviews

Death Race

1973

57%615 Reviews

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017

62%33 Reviews

Project X

1987

61%240 Reviews

Fireproof

2008

63%662 Reviews

Stand and Deliver

1988

76%385 Reviews