(UK, 97 min.)
Written and directed by Richard Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins, Yasmin Page, Paddy Considine.
A fun, quirky coming-of-age story, Submarine is much like (500) Days of Summer crossed with Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) finds himself at a bit of a romantic crossroads. Pulling him in one direction is his observation of the dwindling romance between his parents (Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor), which takes an odd turn when his mother’s first love moves into the house next door. Pulling him in the other direction is his neurotic crush on classmate Jordana Bevan (Yasmin Page). Oliver mulls the possible outcomes of each romantic folly in a fun and highly irrational voice-over, as well as in some eccentric interludes of indie comedy weirdness.

Submarine is currently playing at The Bytowne