Submarine (2010 film)

Submarine is a 2010 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige and Sally Hawkins.

After Oliver teases another girl to get Jordana's attention, she invites him to meet secretly after school and takes pictures of them kissing.

New-age guru Graham Purvis, an ex-boyfriend of his mother, Jill, has moved in next door, and his flirtations rouse Oliver's suspicions.

Michael Sheen and X Factor contestant Lucie Jones were originally cast in the film but dropped out due to other commitments.

The website's critics consensus: "Funny, stylish, and ringing with adolescent truth, Submarine marks Richard Ayoade as a talent to watch.

[15] Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3/4 stars saying "Submarine isn't an insipid teen sex comedy.

It's a self-confident work for the first-time director, Richard Ayoade, whose purpose I think is to capture that delicate moment in some adolescent lives when idealism and trust lead to tentative experiments.

Because Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige are enormously likable in their roles, they win our sympathy and make us realize that too many movies about younger teenagers are filtered through the sensibility of more weathered minds.