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. 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". Nev Pierce, for Empire Online called the film "very funny [...] simple, but strong". 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.
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