Submarine
Submarine covers the life of a 15-year-old boy, Oliver Tate. He has two targets : To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life. Will he achieve his aims?
21 January 1991, Bargoed, Wales, UK
1967, Wales, UK
27 April 1976, Dulwich, London, England, UK
1979, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
5 September 1974, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
February 13, 2017
Possibly, the greatest accomplishment of the film is the revelation of an incredible talent in the young Craig Roberts.
June 14, 2015
Although the movie is, by design, largely non-specific about its period (late 1980s would be a good guess), Jordana's casual profanity impresses. In American comedies, swears are studded like peppercorns or chocolate chips.
June 24, 2011
An exercise in briny Welsh Weltzschmerz that tracks the inner and outer worlds of a confused teenage boy.
July 10, 2013
Submarine is a remarkably assured debut filled with dry humor, inventive visual wit and great performances.
June 16, 2011
"Submarine'' has its own specific miseries and darkly funny vibe. It makes quirkiness briefly seem like a good thing again.
June 24, 2011
The result is a small, delicate comedy that depends on a continuity of tone that it pulls off. Oliver may not live happily ever after; but he manages to live happily enough here, and that's just fine.
June 16, 2011
For an unreliable narrator, Oliver's story is reliably entertaining.
June 17, 2011
In its own right, "Submarine" is one of the best movies of the year.
March 11, 2016
This hilarious, unique coming of age story already feels like a classic.
July 01, 2013
The movie's conception of the tender agonies and embarrassments of would-be teenage lovers is hobbled by punchline cuts and predictable musical montages (carefree dashes, setting off bottle rockets, etc.).
July 17, 2011
That rare teen comedy where the kids aren't gorgeous, the hero isn't heroic and the object of desire has a lot of reasons why she isn't necessarily desirable.
August 28, 2013
SUBMARINE is a story about growing up all while not wanting to get older. It's what HAROLD & MAUDE would have been if they had met in high school.
