To me, this movie is perfection.

Excellent, smart action film.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Being so far away from my school years that I remember Betamax video players and a world without Instagram, I'm not that into teen love stories, but I was more than happy to give 'Submarine' a try, based on the fact that it was directed by the (awesome!) Richard Ayoade (best known for the 'IT Crowd'). And I really enjoyed it. In fact, I bought the DVD, but have only just got round to watching it a second time again. Oddly enough... I wondered what I saw in it the first time round.It's set in the eighties (some may call this a 'period piece' but it basically sums up the world my childhood was set in) where a teenage boy struggles with growing up. Or rather he struggles with his own inner demons surrounding what plagues many boys of that age... girls. He's fallen in love with a girl in his school and he basically has to come to a way of winning her over, while dealing with his parents possibly having marital difficulties.So the plot is hardly original and, don't get me wrong... it's not bad. The direction is very good - I believe the term is 'meta' where the characters sometimes talk directly to the camera in scenes where the protagonist theorises on what may or may not be happening. And, although there are plenty of good lines here and there which will make you smile. Plus, if you're like me (i.e. of a certain age) you will enjoy seeing the world before smartphones. However, what didn't seem to gel with me this time was the two leads.I found them both a bit unlikeable. They seemed so wrapped up in themselves that I found I didn't really care whether they got together and lived happily ever after or not. Maybe I've just got even older and I'm finding even less in common with the younger generation (even if the younger generation in question are the ones I grew up with!). Overall, I - sort of - enjoyed it the second time around. Like I say, it's very well directed and Richard Ayoade definitely has a future ahead of him if he ever tired of fixing computers, plus I did laugh here and there, but I probably won't watch it a third time.

This movie is weird but in a good way weird. It's a coming of age teen movie with different style. Cinematography in this is very good. some shots are very good. Also Editing in this movie is unique.

A mother explaining to her kid about her being *adventurous* but not *adventurous enough* with the neighbor, while the father manages half a grin at the possibilities that she did not explore. A kid romanticizing life as well as death. Don't we all! This is a beautiful story and the first para here does not even give away the one in top 10 of the story's best parts. So many of us believe that we are older in thoughts than in our age ( Side Note - till we actually become old and pretend to be younger). The movie magnifies the thoughts that a precocious child, or so he thinks he is, goes through. Given our likely disposition to overestimate ourselves, the movie is both funny and nostalgic in a very relatable way!

If Wes Anderson was to guest write an episode of The Inbetweeners, it would come out as Submarine. Now if you find (pre-Grand Budapest) Wes Anderson quirky, irreverent and great fun, this is for you. If you find the awkwardness and scatological pepperings of The Inbetweeners hilarious, you'll have a good time here. But if, like me, you find Anderson twee and vapid, and just feel too old for displays of teenage fretting, then you'll be as bored by Submarine as I was. Craig Roberts is convincingly insecure as Oliver, but his love story lacks both drama and heart, while the adult triangle drama is staid and caricatured, relying on Blackpool postcard saucy comments for so-called humour. I came to this via The Double, thinking that film the sophomore failure after a debut success. I love the IT Crowd as much as anyone, but how this can be the next big thing in British cinema comedy is mystifying.