Submarine
2010/97mins/ UK & USA/Dir. Richard Ayoade
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Craig Roberts, Noah Taylor.
Richard Ayoade’s (IT Crowd) debut feature, featuring an original soundtrack by Alex Turn (Arctic Monkeys) and produced by Warp films, is a quirky, indie, British must-see.
The story of Oliver Tate’s 15th year combines delusion and insight, worldliness and childish innocence to heartbreaking and hilarious effect. Oliver is a cool, literary genius…in his head. In reality he’s socially inept and unpopular. Convinced that his father is depressed and his mother is having an affair with her life coach, he embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile, he is also trying to lose his virginity – before he turns sixteeen – to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana.
‘Submarine feels like the most refreshing, urgent and original debut the British film industry has seen in years.’ Daily Telegraph
‘A perfect blend of cool, quirky comedy and warm-hearted drama, crafted with such poise that it should see the transcendence of Ayoade from TV nerd-comic to true big-screen talent.’