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  • Starring: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker
  • Summary: Set in 1960s Dublin, Alfie (Finney), a bus driver, organizes annual Oscar Wilde plays with help from many of his regular passengers. He finds himself in the middle of conflicts when he decides to stage "Salome" instead of "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Delightfully comic - and the funniest moments are rich in meaning - A Man of No Importance is laced with memorable scenes.
  2. Reviewed by: Paul Merrill
    80
    This is full to brimming with doleful pathos and a potent cast.
  3. Reviewed by: Leonard Klady
    60
    Despite fine work from his actors and smooth technical polish, the more provocative elements of the tale arise awkwardly and grate against the early section's almost whimsical nature.
  4. Reviewed by: James Hannaham
    10
    The film has that made-for-UK-TV-but-theatriucally-released-inthe-US look, The shots are claustrophobic and grainy for no reason. [27 Dec 1994]

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