Calvary

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Jean Anne P Whoever wrote the script is remarkably intelligent. The plot is smart and unassuming but it's the dialogue that really brings this film to life with an extraordinary cast. The cinematography is subtly beautiful and the score is calm. The pace is a touch slow but stuck with it and it'll be worth it. A hauntingly beautiful film that'll have you thinking long after the credits roll... Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review MG_Claymore C A Great man who has to pay the price for the sins of another. This actor in this film gives the performance of a lifetime. its a very depressing film about dark subject matter. Very gripping. Everyone in the film is a horrible character with the exception of the aforementioned priest. The priest in this film becomes very Christlike as he serves his community knowing the day is coming when this man is going to kill him. He simply accepts in. Truly amazing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Meghan M Loved it unto the very end. I hate a movie that doesn't get tone right. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review Chris H There just isn't enough to this. Brendan Gleeson is, of course, excellent but the other characters are underdeveloped and melt into the background. Maybe it would have been better as a TV series? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/24 Full Review Alec B It's sadder and more measured than I anticipated. Once you realize that the "murder mystery in a town of weirdos" plot is just an excuse to examine the difficulty and necessity of simple decency in a indifferent world the film becomes more moving. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review L. N As an Irish person, this film makes me cringe. The calibre of the cast cannot be denied, but the tone of the film is curdled by its attempts to be profound. The scenes with Aiden Gillen's character attempting to be scathingly insightful with regard to the church's past is painful (and that accent he is doing and the way he is speaking....what the fuck???? It seems his point of view is supposed to carry intellectual weight, but is delivered so badly, so ludicrously that he is like a weaselly, snide Disney character). It is an early taste of the adolescent, self-congratulatory reasoning we have had to become familiar with in the last decade. The film sets out to be wise and thoughtful and cuts itself down with silly overwrought dialogue. Thank God the Banshees of Inisherin came along to pull things back on track. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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