Submarine (2011)

Sadly Over-hyped

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This movie is weird but in a good way weird. It's a coming of age teen movie with different style. Cinematography in this is very good. some shots are very good. Also Editing in this movie is unique.

I heard about Richard Ayoade's "Submarine" when it got released but didn't get a chance to see it. I've finally gotten around to seeing it. What a fine movie. In addition to the complex characters, the clever storytelling makes this one that you have to see. I also like that the movie is set in Wales; when it comes to the United Kingdom, we hear about England a lot, Scotland less so, and sometimes about Northern Ireland, but how often do we get to hear about Wales?Is there any specific message to take from the movie? Well, it doesn't cast the most pleasant light on British schools. Most of all, I could relate to Oliver. I would like to see a lot more movies like this one. Outstanding. Not at all the sort of movie that one would expect from Ben Stiller's production company.In addition to Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige in the lead roles, the cast includes Noah Taylor (Game of Thrones), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Paddy Considine (In America).

I was looking for movies capturing the nostalgic aspect of teenager movies, when a friend of mine recommended me Submarine. While I didn't quite find what I was looking for, Submarine prove itself to be a very enjoyable movie.The story follows the teenager Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a british high schooler, who set two objectives to achieve: firstly, to lose his virginity, and secondly, to fix his parents deadbedroom-syndrome and with it, their marriage. While the plot itself is very similar of those teenager movies Hollywood turns out twice of thrice a year, Submarine puts the trope in a very British frame. The analytic monologues of Oliver, the light, humour-infused surrealism, and the creative camera work really separates this movie from its peers.I found the acting a bit ambivalent. Yasmin Paige (Jordana) was outstanding in my opinion, she aced all the different attitudes of her character: Jordanas spleen and edge was just as authentic as her smiling and actually having fun, or caring deeply for her mother. Craig Roberts appealed to me aswell, Olivers monotonous or rather apathetic mood was very well played (especially the awkward smiles and angsty body language). The excellent chemistry of the two leads resulted in a very honest and lifelike portrayal of early teenage relationships, with all the cosmetics (e.g. the preconceptions about love, relationship roles and small mind games) on-point. However, the other characters, including Olivers parents and Graham, were forgettable in my opinion - their attitudes came off as boring. I felt like it was the main reason the marriage plotline was a bit stale for me.Submarine could have been one of my favorite movies, had I seen it in my teenage years; as an adult, it is still a very entertaining and refreshing take on the coming-of-age genre.

I thought as a debut film it was pretty good but as a film it wasn't fantastic. It tried to do too much, it should of just stuck with a single theme, like it was too much of a coming of age idea for trying too evoke serious thoughts, probably like a 7/10. It should of went with more dark style humour and stuck with the serious side of the issues of mentality and love and left the coming of age as a sorta back ground theme.Richard Ayoade has done a good job directing on a low budget, although I was expecting a little more humour from him. I would recommend watching it if you are a fan of films but if you just want to watch a film to pass time I would keep looking as this is not the film for you. In conclusion, it was a good debut from Richard Ayoade as a director although the film is just a high average, future directed films by Richard Ayoade will hopefully only get better and he will put more of his style into it. Looking forward to his future films.