[Krishnamma] gives the story a dimension of pent-up anguish and melancholy.
A Man of No Importance
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Ireland, United Kingdom · 1994
Rated R · 1h 39m
Director Suri Krishnamma
Starring Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in 1960s Dublin. He's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl." We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
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ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The only thing of real importance in A Man of No Importance is Albert Finney's performance.
Albert Finney's name on a cast list is a guarantee of pleasure, and there's much to savor besides in Suri Krishnamma's A Man of No Importance. [03 Feb 1995]
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Even though it stars Albert Finney, this is a picture of no importance, undone mainly by its self-ingratiated cuteness.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
It's a modest film in most respects, but Albert Finney as Alfie is a man of great importance indeed, reminding us again that he's one of the most towering talents in film today.
San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
Delightfully comic - and the funniest moments are rich in meaning - A Man of No Importance is laced with memorable scenes.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The movie operates at the level of a literate sitcom, in which the dialogue is smart and the characters are original, but the outcome and most of the stops along the way are preordained.
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