Tony

Not cheery, but gripping, against-the-odds funny and uncomfortably unique. Johnson and Ferdinando are certainly now names to watch.

Not a reassuring vision, for sure, and no tourist plug for Dalston, Hackney or Haggerston, but the film's a fair calling card for Johnson's talent.

The problem is that there's no character development, no revelations and no epiphany. The film is merely nauseating.

Johnson gives us enough of the inner life of the titular character to both empathise with then later hate him.