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By Moxie M (2) on 15 Aug 2014

This was an unexpected gem. A quiet little mystery that is paced just right…

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By Carly S (119) on 15 Aug 2014

Very dark, but excellent performances all around…

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By Jeff S (1,369) on 15 Aug 2014

Does a great job of showing the daily demands on a small town minister…

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By Samuel J (489) on 15 Aug 2014

I want to like ethnic movies such as this but much like the The Grand Seduction before it, these movies set on islands like Newfoundland or…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 14 Aug 2014

Devilishly satirizes charming Irish comedies…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 14 Aug 2014

Admirable work indeed, but also a painful walk in the darkness…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 14 Aug 2014

Brendan Gleeson delivers a typically towering yet warm performance in Calvary. Too bad the movie's something of a mess…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 14 Aug 2014

Calvary is most assuredly not a comedy. It is a weighty, powerful drama -- albeit one with comic moments -- that dabbles in weighty, powerful themes…

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By Doyle R (36) on 14 Aug 2014

Great Movie. A movie about a good courageous priest with a big problem. This is a two Kleenex movie…

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By Hardy C (98) on 14 Aug 2014

A very thought provoking movie. Interesting storyline and dialogue. It looks at the church in the modern world…

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By Miro O (21) on 14 Aug 2014

Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned. - St…

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By Alex C (1,429) on 14 Aug 2014

A slightly too flippant John Michael McDonagh comedy/drama of a priest (Brendan Gleeson, great) and his flock…

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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 13 Aug 2014

Did I mention that despite its intense, serious subject matter, it's also wickedly funny, often making you laugh when you should probably be…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 13 Aug 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…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 13 Aug 2014

Calvary [is] a parable and gives Gleeson's earthly journey the ring of spiritual truth…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 13 Aug 2014

The resulting mystery-play-goes-mystery-movie allegory may have a heavy hand, but it also has its finger on the pulse of the struggles facing…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 13 Aug 2014

McDonagh isn't always successful at juggling his disparate impulses, leaving his film to tonally lurch from one scene to the next…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 13 Aug 2014

Gleeson is great as the troubled, conscientious priest, but until an abruptly shocking finale, his fatalism turns the ticking clock into a…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 13 Aug 2014

Filmed around stunning County Sligo on Ireland’s west coast, Calvary is a thoughtful, atmospheric movie despite the awkward parade of suspects…

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By Rowley B (1) on 13 Aug 2014

A good premise/idea for a movie, but the way it was portrayed was sorely lacking…

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