![]() ![]() That’s part of what I ultimately appreciated about Submarine. Richard Ayoade seems slightly less smitten with his quirky characters than Wes Anderson, and thus willing to let them be more genuinely unlikeable at times. Oliver’s efforts to keep his parents together are clumsy, but a reminder that this intellectually ostentatious lothario is still a child who finds security in the his family he’s always known. When an old flame, a wild looking motivational speaker (Paddy Considine), moves in across the street, Oliver worries that his mother is headed for infidelity. Oliver’s marine biologist dad (Noah Taylor) is lost in his own interests: Oliver’s mom, played by the wonderful Sally Hawkins, is restless and ready for change. She’s not all hard outer shell, though, and when Oliver fails her, she feels it deeply.Īs for Oliver’s parents, they do seem to have lost their spark. One look at the rose petals strewn bedroom and Jordana walks out of the house in disgust. After Jordana agrees to have sex with Oliver, Oliver stages their evening as if he’s read a gentlemen’s guide to romance from 1965. She’s a bit of a bully, swears ferociously, smokes, sets the occasional fire, and is almost entirely devoid of sentimentality. Oliver chooses her to be the object of his affections in part because she’s not too popular to seem attainable. With all respect to Craig Roberts’ great performance as Oliver, Jordana (Yasmin Paige) may be the best thing about Submarine. Submarine follows two subplots: Oliver’s quest to win and keep Jordana (and lose his virginity), and his fear that his parents’ marriage is falling apart. There’s a strong whiff of Holden Caulfield around Oliver, so it comes as no surprise when he suggests that his girlfriend, Jordana, reads Catcher in the Rye and Nietzsche, “So that we can have some things in common.” Jordana replies, witheringly, “What makes you think I’d want to be like you?” Oliver lacks insight into just how annoying his pretentiousness can be. ![]() Early in the film, to brace himself for a day of school, he fantasizes how crushed the entire community – in fact, the entire country of Wales – would be if he were to die. Oliver is an unpopular kid and he knows it, but that may be in part because he can’t control his long, digressive speeches – even in class – and he is, very much, the star of his own imagined movie. He’s not exceptionally handsome – has, instead, a certain puckish look to his features matched with eyes that look like he could use a good, long rest. Submarine is a coming-of-age film set in Wales and starring a remarkable young actor named Craig Roberts as a high schooler named Oliver. Maybe Wes Anderson owes some things to Hal Ashby, but whatever the lineage behind Submarine, it’s sad, funny, just weird enough, a little precious, and has Sally Hawkins, to boot. Then again, I saw a reviewer compare Submarine to Harold and Maude, and that feels just right. ![]() I love Wes Anderson films, so even if it feels a bit stylistically derivative, I’m a sucker for Submarine. Above all, the grandiose teenage boy at the center of Submarine is as Wesandersonesque a figure as you can get. The wistful pop songs, the eccentric characters, the title cards, the montages, the depressive-comic tone, even the uniforms (the two central characters are almost always dressed in overcoats – one red, one blue). ![]() It was impossible to watch Richard Ayoade’s Submarine without thinking of Wes Anderson films. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana." 'Submarine' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, and Pluto TV. Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. Released October 22nd, 2010, 'Submarine' stars Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a user score of 74 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,259 top users. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Submarine' right now, here are some finer points about the Red Hour, Film4 Productions, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Warp (Submarine), Warp Films romance flick. We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Submarine' on each platform when they are available. Fancy watching ' Submarine' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Richard Ayoade-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you. ![]()
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