Let's be realistic.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I watched this at home on DVD from my public library. Don't know why I missed seeing it when it came out but I did.Calvary is the place outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The name has meaning for this movie because the one week we see of Father James' life parallels the life of Jesus, trying to do what is right and teach others a better way to look at life while sin and corruption is all around him. Brendan Gleeson is Father James, a priest in a small Irish community by the sea where everyone knows everyone else. The story starts with Father James in the confessional, an unseen parishioner is not there to gain absolution for his sins, he tells James that he was sexually abused for several years when he was a young boy. The abusive priest is dead now but to clear his conscience the man will kill Father James a week Sunday, in either days. He tells him to meet him on the beach.So part of the mystery throughout the movie is who the intended killer is? We see him interacting with Father James but we don't know who it is at the end.Not a pleasant movie because of the subject but it is a very good character study of Father James, how he can try to deal with this issue and others.

I wasn't expecting much from this Irish drama but was pleasantly surprised at the content and thoroughly enjoyed this movie.The ever-reliable Brendan Gleeson plays Father James a quietly well-meaning priest who is threatened by an unknown during confession. The movie shows the following week as Father James tries to go about his duties whilst having the threat hanging over his head.It is no one-man show and excellent support is given by Game of Thrones actor Aiden Gillen as well as Dylan Moran and the 79 year old M.Emmet Walsh along with a few other familiar faces.The sensitive drama, accompanied by some darkly humour and often thought-provoking situations, is brilliantly acted, beautifully shot and is certainly a hidden gem.You will enjoy this movie and also come away thinking a lot about life.

In John McDonagh's film 'Calvery', a priest is threatened by a parishioner, who announces his intention to kill him a week hence. We then see the priest having mostly one-to-one conversations with his troubled (and troublesome) flock; he knows which one wants to kill him (for the crimes of the church in general, not for his personal sins), but we do not. The setting is a somewhat archetypal west-coast Irish village. What's good about the film is its portrayal of a man clearly sincerely motivated by his belief and his sense of duty, nonetheless wrestling with a profound crisis of self-interest. That said, the story is contrived, almost deliberately stylised; I liked it, but the point remains elusive.

I have never gotten to watch Calvary until yesterday when it was showing on the RTE one channel. I was offered by Sligeach Films to be an extra of this film back in 2012 but unfortunately, I was doing my Leaving Cert at the time so I was unable to get involved in the project.As some other reviewer said about this film, you wouldn't think of it to be so dark because there has being a good few comedians involved in this, such as Chris O'Dowd and Pat Shortt. I was actually surprised that Chris O'Dowd's character shot Brendan Gleeson's character in the end, you honestly wouldn't think O'Dowd could play as a serial killer but there ya go, things can happen surprisingly in the film industry! The views are Sligo are really good but, you would think that John Michael McDonagh advertised the county a bit more. I mean, it felt like it was going back and forth to different locations. I mean Dublin had enough of films being made but somewhere outside the county like Sligo should be recognised a bit for the economy. As well as saying that, the film also took place in Sligo Airport which unfortunately doesn't offer scheduled flights anymore, I mean, I wish the film made a difference to getting the airport back up again! Anyways enough of my rant, this was a really good film so I'm giving this rating of 8/10!