The directorial debut from The IT Crowd‘s Richard Ayoade, Submarine is the British indie comedy/drama getting huge praise for being one of those rare films about teenagers that doesn’t feel like it was made by adults.
Submarine is the story of Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) – a duffel coated, affected outcast with delusions of genius, who falls in love with Jordana (Yasmin Paige) wearer of black nail polish and heart shaped glasses; instigating polaroids, lens flares and heartbreak.
Submarine looks honestly awkward and funny. The narration and titles are fittingly modern and self-aware for a film about a guy who had a hat phase, a French crooners period and sees his life as a movie. But despite its modern devices, the trailer for Submarine: the dialogue, the simple story, the colours and 1980s setting, suggests an immediate classic. “Submarine feels like the most refreshing, urgent and original debut the British film industry has seen in years,” says The Telegraph.
Other reasons to look forward to this film are a soundtrack by Arctic Monkey‘s frontman Alex Turner, performances by Sally Hawkins (Never Let Me Go) as Oscar’s mum, Lloyd Tate (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) as Oscar’s dad and Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz) as a self-help guru. It’s especially exciting to see leads Roberts and Paige if you’re getting tired of watching actors in their mid to late twenties play teenagers.
Wow.. using actual teenagers to make a film about what it’s actually like to be a teenager… Just like the 2011 remake of Footloose!
What’s your favourite teenage movie? Do you think think it would have been better had they had i-phones with the polaroid application?
