Shifty
Dir: Eran Creevy
2008
***
Shifty isn't a masterpiece but I think for a little small budget British film it deserves praise. It stars Cinephile Crocodile favorites Riz Ahmed and Daniel Mays as drug dealer and ex-drug dealer consecutively. The film is basically one long conversation between the two, comedy and drama happen along the way, sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much but the script is always spot on. It is a balance of originality and cliche but I would forgive some of the more expected aspects of the film for the scenes of genuine quality and tenderness. Not perfect but a fine debut by anyone's standards.