I have to confess that this is the type of film that I always tend to warm to. If you are into off-beat films then Submarine should be a film that you make time to see at the cinema.
The film follows the growing pains of Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) who is a rather awkward teenager at school. He is the lone child of a dysfunctional marriage between Lloyd and Jill. His mother is on the brink of an affair with a former lover Graham which Oliver vows to stop. Oliver is also trying to lose his virginity by his next birthday and is lusting after Jordana (Yasmin Paige) at school.
I'm of an age where I saw Gregory's Girl as a teenager and this is very much in the same mould. Tate and Paige are excellent and the film is very nicely played by all involved. There was a couple of excellent dream sequence scenes and it was enjoyable throughout. Although I could relate to Oliver throughout I wasn't wholly convinced about the conclusion of the film. Maybe I'm just a heartless old cynic nowadays though!
The film follows the growing pains of Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) who is a rather awkward teenager at school. He is the lone child of a dysfunctional marriage between Lloyd and Jill. His mother is on the brink of an affair with a former lover Graham which Oliver vows to stop. Oliver is also trying to lose his virginity by his next birthday and is lusting after Jordana (Yasmin Paige) at school.
I'm of an age where I saw Gregory's Girl as a teenager and this is very much in the same mould. Tate and Paige are excellent and the film is very nicely played by all involved. There was a couple of excellent dream sequence scenes and it was enjoyable throughout. Although I could relate to Oliver throughout I wasn't wholly convinced about the conclusion of the film. Maybe I'm just a heartless old cynic nowadays though!