Rating of
2.5/4
What Lies at the 'Calvary'?
Unknown - wrote on 12/30/14
'Calvary' is a much different film than expected. We start off with the priest receiving a death threat from an unidentified male in the confession booth, giving him a week's time before the proposed murder. What is he to do? Instead of trying to find the means save his life, he goes on to right the wrongs of the people in his small town. A series of scenes shows him conversing with each townsman and woman, trying to get them to open up. Some lean more towards an investigative nature, due to the impending crime, but it's not treated with importance. I liked most of the individual scenes, but only as individual scenes and not as part of the grand whole. The series of conversations never added to a complete narrative purpose. I wasn't invested in any way. Things come to a bitter close in the finale. I admire the collective craftsmanship, including the harsh resolution. The finer aspects, like the dialogue and many great actors, are only aspects. My total reaction to the film is hard to nail down. I'm so mixed on it.
