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Film · 2010

Submarine

Precocious Welsh teenager Oliver Tate tries to preserve his parents' marriage while pursuing a romance with classmate Jordana, filtering both missions through an overconfident cinematic view of his own awkward life.

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  • Writer-director Richard Ayoade has the knack. A fresh and inventive cinematic voice, he's taken a subject that's been beaten half to death and brought it miraculously to life in his smart and funny debut feature, “Submarine.”
    Kenneth Turan on Los Angeles Times
  • As for Ayoade, there's clearly a big future payday for him in Hollywood, if he wants it, but I can't help hoping he develops in depth and scope here, as a tremendous new voice in British film.
    Peter Bradshaw on The Guardian
  • "Submarine" isn't an insipid teen sex comedy. It flaunts some stylistic devices, such as titles and sections and self-aware narration, but it doesn't try too hard to be desperately clever. It's a self-confident work for the first-time director, Richard Ayoade.
    Roger Ebert on RogerEbert.com

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