It's a good-looking, supremely confident narrative debut, with a wry sense of humour and a healthy dose of knowing self-reference.

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Literate, Heartfelt and Funny.

Literate, heartfelt and funny, Submarine is a mesmerising film brought to life by sterling work on both sides of the camera. Make time for it.

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Submarine is innovative, sweet and executed with intelligence.

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Richard Ayoade's directorial debut isn't just a charming coming-of-age tale – it's a film buff's delight

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Richard Ayoade‘s Submarine is the kind of film I hope to discover at film festivals and share with friends.

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Broken into three parts, “Submarine” takes its cues from Oliver’s voiceover as he guides viewers through the details of his life.

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It’s not often you come across a debut as accomplished as this

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Ayoade is careful to make sure his directorial stamp doesn't sideline the performances, which provide the heart and soul of the film.

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This is a film of very strong debuts, from director Richard Ayoade (Moss from the IT Crowd) and Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige as Oliver and Jordana.

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It marks Ayoade as a talent to watch.

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. “Submarine” is based on the 2008 novel by Joe Dunthorne, which is set in the late nineteen-nineties, but the writer-director Richard Ayoade moved the story back to a strange, distant time of typewriters and tape cassettes—perhaps the early eighties

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Smart and sly, funny and fourth-wall-breaking… but above all, an excruciatingly accurate coming-of-ager. On this evidence, Ayoade could be Britain’s answer to Wes Anderson.

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A new British talent surfaces.

Submarine's movie-movie magic is a welcome depth charge to complacency.

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Impressively directed and brilliantly acted, this is a hugely enjoyable, superbly written coming-of-age comedy-drama...

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A Fantastic Storybook Magic Is Evident In The Cinematic “Submarine"”

With aesthetic nods to French new-wave filmmaking as well as the storybook playfulness of Wes Anderson, “Submarine” is the kind of movie that impresses with its firm grasp of cinematic feel.

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Here is a refreshing coming-of-age movie which knows where to pull punches and where to let fly.
Erik Wilson's sumptuous cinematography registers filmic delight in every frame.

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Despite a slightly weak third act and emotional resolution, Submarine is a must-see film that will make you laugh, dazzle you with its visual prowess, and have you excited to see what Ayoade will do next.

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For some, this movie will have a Marmitey taste: it will divide opinion. Arguably, it's a bit too cool for school sometimes, and it is self-conscious.

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It’s those same mysteries on dull, everyday dry land with which ‘Submarine’ has so much fun.

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The film expands its range by involving Oliver in the problems of his parents, where the struggle between his depressive, stagnant scientist father (Noah Taylor) and his unfulfilled mother (Sally Hawkins) mirrors his own battle between complacency and confusion.

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Ayoade possesses a nimble, unpredictable style that not only mirrors the rapid-fire thought process of a male teenager, but also how quickly their perspectives and moods can change.

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While chronicling his mission to win her in a funny, almost ever-present voiceover, Tate is also fretting, for good reason, about the state of his parents' marriage.

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"Submarine" is the first feature from Ayoade, best known as TV's "The IT Crowd" computer nerd.

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Richard Ayoade's Submarine is an auspicious, controlled and altogether droll debut film that resembles Wes Anderson's Rushmore without being derived from it.

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The film is so self-conscious it seems to be dictating your every reaction.

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In a small British seaside town, in no particular time period... Oliver obsesses over his sullen classmate Jordana...
The bulk of the humor, as well as the tenderness, in “Submarine” is derived from Oliver’s lack of connection with Jordana....

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Submarine is so poised, so studded with good things (Hawkins and Considine are both consistently giggle-inducing), that it may be churlish to pick holes in it.

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Less convincing, though, is Paddy Considine, whose would-be seducer Graham is too broadly comedic in a film that works best as a series of low-key vignettes.

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Directing One's Own Coming-of-Age in Submarine

And though Submarine isn’t a dull head-movie, amid the bells and whistles, Roberts seems less its star than its cameraman.

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“Submarine” Is Just Another Teen Angst Movie

The movie knocks itself unconscious trying to be offbeat, but instead of cinematic heart, the director self-indulges in cinematic art..

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You can cover it up with all the clever shots in the world; it won't make it any better.

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