Award-winning Calvary Out Now on DVD and Blu-Ray
Calvary, the IFTA-winning box-office hit, is available now on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Calvary is writer/director John Michael McDonagh’s follow-up to The Guard, and is his second feature film. The film stars Brendan Gleeson as Father James, a good-natured priest who, after being threatened during confession, must battle the dark forces closing in around him. Gleeson is joined by an ensemble cast including Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, M. Emmet Walsh, Domhnall Gleeson, Pat Shortt and David McSavage.
The film was an Irish box office success, earning €1.6 million. Critics have highly praised the film. Kim Newman awarded the film 5 stars in Empire, saying “Calvary is gripping, moving, funny and troubling, down to an uncompromising yet uncynical finish.” Total Film described it as “just maybe the best Irish film ever made” and the Irish Examiner praised Gleeson for “one of the most thoughtful performances of an already excellent career.”
US critics have also provided Calvary with high praise following its US release in early August, where it earned an average of $18,000 per screen – the highest for any independently released film released that weekend.
Calvary is available to buy now on DVD, Blu-Ray and iTunes. Watch the trailer forCalvary on YouTube.