Directed by Jeff Kopas and starring Jordan Prentice, Kristin Adams and Steven McCarthy, An Insignificant Harvey marks Kopas’ debut feature. Opening today in Toronto, the film is distributed in Canada by KinoSmith and produced by Don Carmody Productions, Vitality Media and Asher Films. It is repped in the U.S. by Shoreline. (Pictured: Prentice, left, and Art Hindle, right.)

The Globe and Mail: 2/4 stars

Reviewed by Liam Lacey: “A good-natured, if somewhat aimless, first feature, Jeff Kopas’s An Insignificant Harvey, stars Jordan Prentice (In Bruges) as a short-statured, lonely janitor, working in a ski resort. Avoiding the fast life on the slopes and in the chalets, the film focuses on a small group of fringe residents who work in the local service industries.” (Read the full review here.)

The Toronto Star: 2/4 stars

Reviewed by Linda Barnard: “A homegrown indie film that telegraphs its desire to be quirky throughout its 78-minute runtime, An Insignificant Harvey does best when it drops attempts to be clever and lets lead actor Jordan Prentice do his onscreen thing.” (Read the full review here.)

Now Magazine (Toronto): 3/5 “Ns”

Reviewed by Norman Wilner: “If some of Kopas’s odder choices fail to pay off – like the opening fantasy sequences in which Harvey imagines himself as a raccoon – a few others do, giving the picture an intriguingly unpredictable rhythm.” (Read the full review here.)