Delightfully comic - and the funniest moments are rich in meaning - A Man of No Importance is laced with memorable scenes.
80
Empire
Empire
This is full to brimming with doleful pathos and a potent cast.
80
The New York Times
The New York Times
A Man of No Importance is a small film with far more charm than its premise might suggest. It is acted with great warmth and wit by an ideal cast.
78
Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
Finney's portrayal of Alfie is heartbreaking in its naïveté about his own desires, yet he also brings to the character an unbridled joy in life's basic pleasures.
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Boston GlobeJay Carr
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]
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.
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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.
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Even though it stars Albert Finney, this is a picture of no importance, undone mainly by its self-ingratiated cuteness.