..wow, I don't know what to say about this movie/definitely not a feel good movie...it was so bleak with Father James as the only 'light' really in a town where there was no faith, not specifically in the church/religion but more there didn't seem to be any faith in anything/each other/the community/humanity...his daughter who (I think) had obviously tried to commit suicide or had suicidal thoughts, obviously the 'mystery' character who had been sexually abused through his childhood by a priest and his wife who seemed to have no self worth/the local landowner who had everything but cared for nothing, not even himself..the old guy whose priority was to ensure that he could end his life when the time was right and the guy who owned the bar who seemed to have a huge resentment and hate toward the church...oh and the lady whose husband was killed...and Father James seemed to be losing himself in the lack of hope in others and yet still his only focus in his 'last week' was to try to 'heal his flock'..to do the best he could to help with their hollow lives...just a 'good priest' and a good man...even though the ending was predicted in the first few minutes, I still found it quite shocking and I didn't quite get when his daughter went to visit him in prison..was that a 'forgiveness thing'...anyway, even though it was such a bleak movie/the characters were so 'real' and so absorbing that I was totally spellbound by it and Brendan Gleeson was superb as always so I'm going to give it an 8/10...
