Year: 2010
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige and Sally Hawkins.
Submarine is your typical British independent coming of age movie that I would have loved to have watched and seen when well...when I was coming of age and still in High School. As of now I am in my third year of University and while I did heavily enjoy Submarine I do feel as its affect on me was significantly downgraded due to the unfortunate timing of my viewing.
The film follows a 15 year old boy named Oliver Tate, a pretentious "genius" among the likes of the audience watching this film, who then falls in love with a girl of his age named Jordana. The movie follows their relationship inside and outside their schooling and Oliver's own relationship with his parents who have recently fallen on some hard times in their own relationship. These are presented in unique "chapters" if you will much like a book with a prologue, three sections and with a closing epilogue.
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Overall, however, the film was quite good. It touches on young love that so many other movies touch on but in it's own special way and throws some good comedy in their as well. If I was younger I would appreciate this movie much more than I do now although if I was younger I would not get past the style and appreciate that. So it's really a lose lose for me on this one.
Score: B+
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