At the end you are just left admiring one of Slater’s best ever performances. - Sun Online
Christian Slater's dedicated performance aside, He Was A Quiet Man tries to be both a black comedy and a drama, each ultimately undermining the other. - Channel 4 Film
Although the budget is low and the plot uneven, it’s got a certain cultish charm that should appeal to disaffected office workers. - Daily Mirror
Combining the mordant observations of The Office with the twisted romance of Boxing Helena, this macabre farce is an acquired taste, whose fantastical flourishes and toilet humour merely heighten the unsettling perversity of the whole. - BBC
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