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7/10
Crinkley Nut Crisps......
FlashCallahan12 November 2015
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Ajay and Shaan, as they attempt to rob a petrol station to clear a debt owed to some Russian gangsters from a strip club.

However, things don't go to plan when they discover that the petrol station's safe is on a time lock and won't open until 6am.

Desperate, the pair decide to tie up supervisor Levi, disguise themselves as workers and wait it out…without ever trying to reference Clerks....

Movie studios should have more faith in their product, rather than having studio plants write almost delusionally good reviews for their movies.

Some I have read are truly laughable, and almost dissuade the reader from watching the finished product, which is a shame, because this, despite all it's shortcomings, is a lot of fun.

So the majority of the narrative is set in the titular spot, and between having little arguments between the pair of them, and trying to justify their actions to Levi, we have the random people you'd expect to pop into a petrol station at silly o' clock in the morning, with very mixed results.

With the exception of Head, who plays the most human character in the film as a man who has appeared to have lost something dear to him, the customers never really have any connection between Ajay and Shaan, and Levi.

They just appear to be ignorant, Abhorrent, or both toward the customers. And the customers weird traits are just too random to be anything other than eye-rollingly predictable.

So it's good that the three main characters have a lot of depth, chemistry, and an altogether sense of realness to hold the film together.

Yes, it does reference Clerks, but when a film is set mainly in a place of convenience, it's sometimes understandably unavoidable.

There is a subplot involving Levi and her father (whom just happens to be the manager), but it's never really focused on too much, and the final fifteen minutes does leave a lot to be desired, but because the three main characters are so likable, you can forgive it's shortcomings, and enjoy it for what it is.

A likable, harmless comedy.
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7/10
Surprisingly funny
nathanmanson21 January 2023
I wasn't expecting much from this to be honest. It's a unknown low budget British film. I reckon it's because I'm British and I just understand the humour.

The chemistry of Ray and Adeel was perfect, was just the perfect comedy duo. It's definitely not one of the most complex film I've seen in fact it's the complete opposite of that but it does the job, an easy film you don't have to concentrate on.

British comedies are just be best, the comedy is just so much more relatable. The bickering of Ajay and Shaan was just funny and relatable for anyone with a best friend or a brother. There's always one dumb friend like Shaan.
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7/10
A pretty funny movie
LetsReviewThat2625 January 2023
I have to say this is one of the more funny movies i have seen in recent memory. This movie is all about two men. Ajay and shaan, one of them gets in trouble at a stripclub and owes a lot of money to the russians. As a result of this they end up serving in a conveniance store untill the automatic timer opens. The men are ray panthaki and adeel akhtar. Both are good in this movie and are funny as indivdius two. We also have vickymcclure in an earlier role playing levi, someoone who works there. There are some hilarious bits and its a pretty well made contained comedy that also features verne troyer and anthony head

Verne troyer- anthony head.
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4/10
Not my type of comedy...
paul_haakonsen8 April 2024
The 2013 comedy "Convenience" was a movie that I had never heard about, prior to sitting down to watch it here in 2024. And with it being a movie I wasn't familiar with, then I didn't know what I was in for, nor did I have any expectations to the movie.

Writers Nick Dunn and Simon Fantauzzo put together a unique storyline. I found it somewhat devoid of comedy elements and I wasn't brought to a single laugh throughout the course of the movie. But with that being said, I am not saying that "Convenience" was a bad movie, it just wasn't a traditional comedy movie, that's all. And I am sure that there is an audience out there for an offbeat comedy such as this proved to be.

Sure, I was fairly entertained by "Convenience", but it wasn't an outstanding or memorable movie in my opinion. It was, perhaps, because the movie's comedy didn't fall into the scope of my sense of comedy. The lack of comedy and the slow narrative sort of didn't tickle me in the right places.

The acting performances in "Convenience" are good. And it was quite a surprise to see the likes of Anthony Head, Verne Troyer and Tony Way showing up in the movie.

"Convenience" is not a movie that will grace my screen a second time.

My rating of director Keri Collins's 2013 movie "Convenience" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
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3/10
Dire
kezzerrg29 August 2023
I've always been cynical about the idea of untruthful reviews on here and, anyway, these things Usually even themselves out so you can judge the films fairly based on the rating. But where this one's concerned, it's obvious that there have been some very, err, creative positive reviews.

I had high hopes thanks to the quality cast, and they do the best they can with the very poor material. The premise is ok although very contrived, but the execution is awful and it simply isn't funny. Worse still, it's boring; I felt like one of the hostages being forced to sit through to the bitter end. Tenuous plot developments are forced in, unlikeable characters are given underserved redemptions, and, biggest crime of all, Anthony Stewart Head is reduced to an illogical cameo. The outtakes at the end are funnier than the film and they're not really funny either.

Seriously, don't bother, not even for a wet Sunday afternoon with nothing else to do. It's just depressing and a complete waste of equality British talent.
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10/10
It'd be a crime not to see this film!!
rhianmclean5 October 2015
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When a film is put together in just a matter of a few weeks and the result is this film, then I take my hat off!! Sheer entertainment with some great gags and top performances. A refreshing take on a gangster film. And with such class cameos - what's not to love about Vicky McClure and yes I've always had a soft spot for Anthony Stewart Head - ahem!! It may be low budget, but it's high class. There aren't enough films being made, where the plot doesn't take itself too seriously, but where you sense that the people behind the camera love doing what they do and are good at it too!! As Oliver Twist once said 'please Sir, can I have some more' Ray Panthaki and Adeel Akhatar definitely shouldn't stop here. Great work!!
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