Starring:
Craig Roberts (Jane Eyre, Red Lights, The Story of Tracy Beaker)
Yasmin Paige (Ballet Shoes, Pram Face)
Noah Taylor (Almost Famous, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)
My Rating: 4/5
The morning after celebrating my 21st, not surprisingly, I was feeling a little worse for wear so I settled down to have a duvet & movie day. One of the many films on the list that day was Submarine.
Richard Ayoade's directorial debut (an adaptation of the Joe Dunthorne novel) follows the story of 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), through a prologue, parts one to three, and an epilogue. Oliver is introduced in the prologue as a slightly awkward, just-your-average teenage boy trying to figure out who he is and, in the subsequent parts, he pursues a romance with Jordana Bevan (Yasmin Paige) and attempts to rekindle his parent's wavering relationship; which is struggling partly due to his father's depression and partly as a result of the returning of an old flame of his mum's.
Almost everyone can relate to some part of this film, even if only on a most basic level, as a majority of the events are entirely believable. Oliver's monologues make the film with his dry explanations and narrative, which to begin with may be slightly mundane but become much more enjoyable as the film progresses. The soundtrack is also excellent, suiting the film perfectly. Thoroughly entertaining in my opinion, give it a go.
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