Convenience (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Convenience

| director = Keri Collins

| producer = Ray Panthaki

| writer = Simon Fantauzzo

| starring = {{Plainlist|

| cinematography = Stil Williams

| editing = Richard Blackburn

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

Spirit Entertainment
Miracle Communications Ltd}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/convenience-2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928130324/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/convenience-2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |title=Convenience |publisher=British Board of Film Classification|date=2015-09-17 |access-date=2017-01-02}}

| released = {{Film date|2013|10|05|Raindance Film Festival|2015|10|02}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget = £80,000{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/ray-panthaki-why-im-open-about-cost-of-film-10344762 |title=Ray Panthaki - Why I'm Open About Cost Of Film |author= |date=2015-09-29 |website=Sky News |access-date=2016-12-31 |quote=Panthaki's new film Convenience was independently made for a budget of £80,000 - the same amount it would cost to do just one shot of a Harry Potter movie, he said.}}

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Convenience is a 2013 British dark comedy film about two friends who, needing to pay a debt they cannot afford, try to rob a petrol station and end up posing as clerks for the night.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/convenience-review-fun-fuelled-comedy-caper |title=Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper |publisher=theguardian.com}} The film was written by Simon Fantauzzo and directed by Keri Collins.

Cast

Ray Panthaki as Ajay
Adeel Akhtar as Shaan
Vicky McClure as Levi
Anthony Head as Barry
Jenny Bede as Debbie
James Bradshaw as Clive
Daniel Caltagirone as Tommy
Margaret Jackman as Mavis
Verne Troyer as Dwight
Tom Bell as Stoner 1
Tony Way as Stoner 2

Production

The film was shot in a petrol garage located in Gorseinon, South Wales.

Critical reception

Convenience attracted a positive response from audiences and critics alike. Leslie Felperin, writing for The Guardian, called the film a "fun-fuelled comedy caper" with "good, genuinely funny dialogue". Felperin praised the "likable, tightly synchronised cast".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/convenience-review-fun-fuelled-comedy-caper|title=Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper|website=The Guardian|last=Felperin|first=Leslie|date=1 October 2015|access-date=17 January 2022}} Nev Pierce, for Empire Online called the film "very funny [...] simple, but strong".{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/convenience-review/|title=Convenience Review - Hapless robbers A.J. (Panthaki) and Shaan (Akhtar) hold up a 24-hour garage and end up working there for rest of the night|website=Empire|last=Pierce|first=Nev|date=2 October 2015|access-date=17 January 2022}} Louie Freeman-Bassett, for Gorilla Film Online felt Convenience would have been better produced as a fifty-minute play, but singled Adeel Akhtar's performance as the film's best.{{cite web|url=https://gorillafilmonline.com/reviews/feature-films/convenience-2015-review/|title=Convenience (2015) – Review|website=Gorilla Film Online|last=Freeman-Bassett|first=Louie|date=24 September 2015|access-date=17 January 2022}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|tt2263210}}
Website {{URL|convenience-movie.com}}

Category:2013 black comedy films

Category:2013 films

Category:2010s English-language films

Category:British black comedy films

Category:English-language black comedy films