Review of Calvary (2014) by Lasttimeisaw — 29 Sep 2015
English Writer/Director John Michael McDonagh is the elder brother of filmmaker Martin McDonagh, the mastermind who is behind such sterling black comedies as IN BRUGES (2008, 8/10) and SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012).
CALVARY is John Michael’s second feature, after the well-received THE GUARD (2011), stars McDonagh brothers’ regular Gleeson as Father James, an Irish priest in soutane, who is warned in the opening confession by an unnamed man, that he has only one week to live, because he will kill him the next Sunday for being a good priest, to the effect of shock value, as a vengeance towards his own sexually abused childhood perpetrated by a priest.
This review of Calvary (2014) was written by Lasttimeisaw on 29 Sep 2015.
Calvary has generally received very positive reviews.
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