Director: Richard Ayoade
Cast: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine
Studio: Weinstein Company, The
Genre: Comedy, Drama
15-year-old Oliver Tate (Roberts) has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother (Hawkins) and an ex-lover (Considine) who has resurfaced in her life.
Submarine — 15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: 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.
Submarine — A clip from the movie Submarine
Submarine — Featurette: LFF Premiere
Submarine — A comedy which follows a 15-year-old boy with two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to stop his mother from leaving his father for her dance teacher.
Submarine — Trailer for Submarine
Submarine (2011) Movie Poster
Release Date: 3 June 2011 (USA)
| Canada | 12 September 2010 | (Toronto International Film Festival) (premiere) |
| UK | 22 October 2010 | (London Film Festival) |
| USA | January 2011 | (Sundance Film Festival) |
| UK | 18 March 2011 | |
| Hong Kong | 3 April 2011 | (Hong Kong International Film Festival) |
| Norway | 13 May 2011 | |
| USA | 3 June 2011 | |
| France | 13 July 2011 | |
| Poland | 26 August 2011 | |
| Sweden | 26 August 2011 |
Also Known As: Moja lódz podwodna
I had the pleasure of seeing this film at The Toronto film festival a few nights ago and I absolutely loved it! I had no expectations going in, since it was the directorial debut for Richard Ayoade. He did a wonderful job with this film. It was beautifully shot and directed and the cast, although unknowns to me were unbelievably good! I didn’t understand a few jokes since I didn’t understand a bit of the British humour, but most of the jokes were universally understandable which is great. Overall I gave it a 9 out of 10 and I can’t wait until it gets distributed worldwide so I can see it again. I hope Richard Ayoade starts working on another film soon, because I’m excited to see what else he can do.
Attention-getting since its debut at Toronto, this oddball coming-of-age comedy from director Richard Ayoade — who already has a cult audience for his work in front of the TV camera (“The IT Crowd”) and behind it (“The Mighty Boosh”) — caught good air at Sundance even with people who lazily tagged it as an homage to Wes Anderson/Hal Ashby. Despite cribbing from a number of overt influences, Submarine`s focus on a transitional month in the life of adolescent is nevertheless unique, trust me. And his girlfriend is totally bonkers; I’m obsessed with her character.
