For fear of spoiling the movie I don't want to say much about it. Perhaps a few months from now I might return to say more after more people have gotten a chance to watch it.
For now, just a few comments.
I was profoundly shaken, emotionally and theologically, by Calvary.
Beware, Calvary is a very disturbing movie which hits you with the darkness right at the start. And yet, Calvary is also beautiful and tender. Calvary is horrific but it is also one of the most profoundly Christian movies I have ever seen.
At the heart of the movie, which basically follows Father James through a type of "passion week", are soteriological questions:
What can save us and what can save the church from our sins, our depravity and our evil?
What can save us? How are sins forgiven?
Without spoiling it too much, I think the movie has a very clear answer.
The only thing that can save us from sin and evil and bring about forgiveness is the loving sacrifice of Calvary.
