Thanks for the memories!

Absolutely Fantastic

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

I loved how realistic and melodramatic it was (as most teenagers know, everyone sometimes feels the need for a bit of melodrama). It was beautifully awkward, without it being cringey. So realistic and the seemingly minor hardships Oliver encountered seemed very major and dramatic. While managing do to everything I mentioned above, it still kept an indie feel to it and had beautiful soundtrack. Absolutely beautiful, love it from the bottom of my heart. 10.5/10

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).

The British film industry is a strange, rare and bizarre world. You sometimes get great films like "East Is East" and "Trainspotting" or, most of the time we end up with films like "Run For Your Wife" and "Fat Slags". I believe there is a reason why we end up with some many bad films: except from a few exceptions, the films of Britain break down into four sections. 1: Richard Curtis-like rom-coms, 2: Guy Ritchie-like gangster flicks, 3: Billy Elliot-style dramas and 4: The few good, true, original films. One of these great films, however, is Submarine. Submarine opens up with its protagonist Oliver Tate sitting in the corner of his room looking worried and anxious. We then hear the sound of Oliver's voice-over as he speaks about his life and introduces the great characters and dream world that make this film this great. The film is almost-perfect. Everything is brilliantly structured and paced. The music, the shots, the dialogue. There is a reason people call Ayoade a genius, and don't forget, this was his debut. With brilliant performances from a great cast of newcomers and great direction from Richard Ayoade this film with differently be remembered in years to come and if not will gain a loyal, loving cult fan-base. Easily one of the best films i've watched this year.

If Wes Anderson was to guest write an episode of The Inbetweeners, it would come out as Submarine. Now if you find (pre-Grand Budapest) Wes Anderson quirky, irreverent and great fun, this is for you. If you find the awkwardness and scatological pepperings of The Inbetweeners hilarious, you'll have a good time here. But if, like me, you find Anderson twee and vapid, and just feel too old for displays of teenage fretting, then you'll be as bored by Submarine as I was. Craig Roberts is convincingly insecure as Oliver, but his love story lacks both drama and heart, while the adult triangle drama is staid and caricatured, relying on Blackpool postcard saucy comments for so-called humour. I came to this via The Double, thinking that film the sophomore failure after a debut success. I love the IT Crowd as much as anyone, but how this can be the next big thing in British cinema comedy is mystifying.