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[Krishnamma] gives the story a dimension of pent-up anguish and melancholy.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.