i miss this film at the cinema due to it mixed review . without enter into the debate about british critic i find myself wonder if i be watch a different . this film be review a a british gangster film which it isn not . it be however very british in it characterisation and dialogue and although there be something continental about it which lift it out of the mire of other brit flick for me . it be a black comedy which occasionally make you laugh out loud and other time be black enough to be noir . han mattheson play an unsuccessful market trader call virgil guppy who have all the necessary accessory chic pr girl girlfriend ( beth winslet ) and jaguar car and high fly friend but but doesn not have the portfolio to back it up . in fact it be the jaguar car which prove to be his down fall when a body be discover in the boot and he be frame for murder . he be sack and his girlfriend leave him in short he lose everything . find himself down and out on the street he be adopt by a rag taggle mob of car theives lead by tiffany shade play by charlotte coleman . in what could be her best performance for a good while coleman be spot on a the enigmatic and sexy and streetwise tiffany who and together with her nine year old son and his gay bosnian babysitter and help virgil guppy get his life back . matheson be fine in the lead and beth winslet prof kate be not the only winslet who can act whilst succeed in be different from her sister and and coleman be very watchable indeed . this young cast be ably support by clive russel always good value and lynda bellingham the oxo mum play a prostitute with a heart of gold . the film be well cast and none of them let the production down . this film would not change your life but it if fun and very watchable . some of the well write dialogue stick and many of the scene stay with you several day later . all in all a very good effort which deserve at the very least to be see and i urge you to seek it out . i think we will be see more from gareth rhys jones and if nothing else charlotte coleman be worth the admision alone .