Convenience
Directed byKeri Collins
Written bySimon Fantauzzo
Produced byRay Panthaki
Starring
CinematographyStil Williams
Edited byRichard Blackburn
Distributed by
  • Spirit Entertainment
  • Miracle Communications Ltd
[1]
Release dates
  • October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05) (Raindance Film Festival)
  • October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£80,000[2]

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.[3] The film was written by Simon Fantauzzo and directed by Keri Collins.

Cast

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".[4] Nev Pierce, for Empire Online called the film "very funny [...] simple, but strong".[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Convenience". British Board of Film Classification. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Ray Panthaki - Why I'm Open About Cost Of Film". Sky News. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2016-12-31. 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.
  3. ↑ "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". theguardian.com.
  4. ↑ Felperin, Leslie (1 October 2015). "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Pierce, Nev (2 October 2015). "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". Empire. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Freeman-Bassett, Louie (24 September 2015). "Convenience (2015) – Review". Gorilla Film Online. Retrieved 17 January 2022.


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