Calvary

A Catholic priest is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral and sometimes hilarious problems, he feels sinister forces closing in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary. This film has a very limited release.

100 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse).
Drama, Religious.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran
Director	John Michael McDonagh
Screenplay	John Michael McDonagh
Music	Patrick Cassidy
Cinematography	Larry Smith
Editing	Chris Gill
Sound formats	Dolby
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Reprisal Films, Octagon Films, Lipsync Productions, Irish Film Board

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Frequent, with a strong impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Infrequent but strong impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Catholic shame a priest's burden	15
Die Burger Riëtte Grobler Somber kragtoer laat raai én hoop	15
Cape Times David Rooney Crackling dialogue	15
Metacritic.com 42 critics	15
Rottentomatoes critics 141 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Led by a brilliant performance from Brendan Gleeson, Calvary tackles weighty issues with humor, intelligence, and sensitivity.	18
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	16
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Mature material in thoughtful, powerful Irish drama.	15
What the People say
Internet 12607 Netizens Best so far in 2014	15
Average .. 77%	15