As low-budget, semi-amateur films go... A Fistful of Fingers is on the low-end. It's certainly not as accomplished as Desperado in terms of visual storytelling, it doesn't have enough narrative content to fill its eighty minutes (like Clerks) and it appears just a little bit cheaper than The Evil Dead.

The film's best when it's playing with traditional genre conventions and the entrance and few moments in town are the film's best, not just in terms of humor, but also in Wright's direction.

The beginning of the film, from the cutout animated opening credits, to the various Leone references, is genuinely witty. The second half is a bore.

The Stop Button, 26th July 2007

The Director Interviews - Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright's film career began when, straight out of college, he wrote and directed his ultra-low budget debut feature A Fistful of Fingers (1994), an affectionate comedic homage to spaghetti westerns. The film played a few festivals, and was enough of a success to get Wright work directing sitcoms and sketch shows, where he worked with many of the best British comic performers around.

Written by Nick Dawson. From Filmmaker Magazine, 20th April 2007

One of the most ballsy hair brained debuts I have ever seen

Film Review

Silly surreal satiric in the illustrious tradition of Hot Shots Part Deux

Time Out

This goofy, delightfully sophomoric British spoof on spaghetti westerns was made for only $15,000 and that, along with the booming faux-Morricone score, only heightens the humor. Filmed in lush, green southwestern England (doubling for arid New Mexico), it chronicles the exploits of taciturn hero No Name and his stereotypical Indian side-kick Running Sore as they search for the nefarious villain The Squint.

Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide