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Submarine Reviews

2010

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Producers Warp Films (This Is England, Four Lions) and director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) present a comedy which follows a 15-year old boy (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) with two objectives: to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams before his next birthday, and to stop his mother (Sally Hawkins) from leaving his father (.. Read more

Starring	Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan
Director	Richard Ayoade
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- Forget actual submarines, this is a coming of age story set in Wales with impeccable debut performances. read more »
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  - 19
  Superb Debut
  
  Richard Ayoade's warm and witty debut feature stars Craig Roberts as Oliver, an awkward 15-year-old schoolboy who is simultaneously trying to forge a ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh
  - 24 Mar 2011 at 16:13
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- - 0
  - 0
  Good performances but very self indulgent
  
  Great performances all round by the actors but crikey, this film is in love with itself! I found the endless video-montages with their dull-indie soundtrack ... read more »
  
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- - IamOwenHargreaves
  - 9 reviews
  - 03 Jun 2012 at 13:59
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  A Wonderful British Movie- Pure Class
  
  Touching, poetic, intelligent and very funny, the best film I've seen this year (2012) Captures the mindset of a thoughtful teenager brilliantly as he ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 21 May 2012 at 16:07
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  A coming of age film.
  
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  Not my very favourite film. It whiled away an evening. I didn't like the obvious youth smoking (pet hate of mine!) however the film portrayed typical ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 15 May 2012 at 22:24
- - 2
  - 0
  Pure Beauty
  
  As close as you can get to perfection, whilst still remaining beautiful.
  
  Everyone who has ever been 15 must watch this.
  
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- - MedzWelshy
  - 1 review
  - 10 May 2012 at 22:07
- - 3
  - 1
  nice! nice!
  
  refreshing and darkly funny with great music if you dont like it, look in the mirror and write thick on your forehead, then walk back into the front room and ... read more »
  
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- - mrryan
  - 1 review
  - 06 May 2012 at 23:58
- - 1
  - 0
  A lovely film, perfectly made.
  
  I LOVED this film. An excellent debut feature by Richard Ayoade which seemed to perfectly capture the awkwardness of being 15.
  
  The story was simply ... read more »
  
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- - JessieT
  - 9 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 05 May 2012 at 12:24
- - 0
  - 8
  No comment
  
  Great act, but the story is horrible. This movie has wasted 97 mins from my life. If you are really bored you can watch otherwise...
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 23:10
- - 1
  - 1
  A Dark Gem
  
  This is a truly brilliant film .
  
  The dark comedy is a real gem - yet another gret UK made movie
  
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- 1112006
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  - 17 Apr 2012 at 17:31
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  - 11
  Dull with a capital D
  
  A waste of an hour - that's how long we watched it before we eventually switched it off. It was slow, dull, lacked substance and wasn't particularly ... read more »
  
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  - 15 Apr 2012 at 20:02
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  - 18
  Absolute painful tosh
  
  30 minutes in and I could take no more - turned it off.
  
  It's not funny, just very doeful and slow with far too much narration. If this is the ... read more »
  
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- - Shipwreck20
  - 16 reviews
  - 12 Apr 2012 at 21:25
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- - 84
  - 19
  Superb Debut
  
  Richard Ayoade's warm and witty debut feature stars Craig Roberts as Oliver, an awkward 15-year-old schoolboy who is simultaneously trying to forge a ... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh
  - 24 Mar 2011 at 16:13
- - 4
  - 0
  Disappointing lack of aquatic vessels.
  
  My new favourite film of the moment, and a variety of legitimate reasons to purchase a duffel coat and embrace my inner pyromaniac.
  
  The acting is ... read more »
  
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- - Chive
  - 2 reviews
  - Suffolk
  - 07 Dec 2011 at 01:58
- - 4
  - 0
  Strangeness and Charm
  
  I wasn't going to write a review of this film, because I wasn't sure what I wanted to say....but 3 days after watching it and after watching several ... read more »
  
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- - Marlastar
  - 15 reviews
  - 07 Jan 2012 at 16:10
- - 4
  - 1
  Needed to be funnier
  
  I must have missed something here.
  
  Best British comedy in years???
  
  Is that because there haven't been any in years.
  
  I ... read more »
  
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- - EziosBladeZ
  - 4 reviews
  - 05 Apr 2012 at 10:45
- - 4
  - 2
  Slow but keeps the attention
  
  First off this is not a comedy. I'm not sure it was filmed as such but the marketing advertises it as such and it does the film a disservice. Yes, there are... read more »
  
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- 1101033
- - a customer
  - Devon
  - 10 Mar 2012 at 12:14
- - 6
  - 5
  Ripe for depth charging
  
  Mawkish, unfunny, and suffocatingly dull. Some nice camera work and acting from the leads but otherwise little to recommend. Given previous reviews, a serious ... read more »
  
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- - Rubyrooster
  - 4 reviews
  - 13 Jan 2012 at 22:15
- - 3
  - 0
  Aqua tastic
  
  A homage to Wes Anderson and at times a bit of a copy but thats not bad. The script was very very well crafted as were certain camera shots and the acting ... read more »
  
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- - buffyrules
  - 202 reviews
  - southend on sea
  - 21 Aug 2011 at 22:33
- - 3
  - 0
  Excellent British Drama
  
  Wonderful british film set on the Welsh coast. Captures the angst of teenage love brilliantly - just wish there were more films like this being made. Love the ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Jan 2012 at 11:47
- - 3
  - 0
  Capturing symbolism and amazing actors
  
  The entire film is well thought through and the actors are amazing. The subtle symbolisms through out the film makes it so captivating. Will definetely ... read more »
  
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- - Wintherk
  - 1 review
  - 08 Mar 2012 at 22:23
- - 3
  - 1
  nice! nice!
  
  refreshing and darkly funny with great music if you dont like it, look in the mirror and write thick on your forehead, then walk back into the front room and ... read more »
  
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- 1117169
- - mrryan
  - 1 review
  - 06 May 2012 at 23:58

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  Producers Warp Films (This Is England, Four Lions) and director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) present a comedy which follows a 15-year old boy (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) with two objectives: to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams before his next birthday, and to stop his mother (Sally ...

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  Producers Warp Films (This Is England, Four Lions) and director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) present a comedy which follows a 15-year old boy (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) with two objectives: to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams before his next birthday, and to stop his mother (Sally ...