The twee Tumblr-grunge aesthetic of the 2010s is not something I look back on with nostalgia, but Submarine situates itself in this aesthetic without becoming subsumed by it. As its title suggests, the story is satisfyingly contained.

| Jul 26, 2023

Sally Hawkins is top notch.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 24, 2020

I had not seen a coming of age movie as funny and philosophical as 'Submarine' in a long time. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 24, 2020

This kid has traits that all of us remember on some level in our own adolescence. Writer/Director Richard Ayoade has crafted an adolescent reality.

| Apr 1, 2020

The precociousness of Oliver and Jordana mirrors the visual art house polish and daring-daring do framing and styling of Richard Ayoade.

| Nov 16, 2019

Submarine is a funny, witty, sometimes sentimental coming-of-age film.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 8, 2019

While emotionally powerful and incredibly affecting, Submarine doesn't lack for laughs, even, if at times, you'll not be ready for them.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 14, 2018

The beauty of Submarine is all in the details, particularly the script's wry observations, which can be excruciating.

| Aug 30, 2018

It's 97 minutes of absolute cinematic joy.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 13, 2018

[Submarine] is a wry coming-of-age comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2017

Possibly, the greatest accomplishment of the film is the revelation of an incredible talent in the young Craig Roberts.

| Feb 13, 2017

This hilarious, unique coming of age story already feels like a classic.

| Mar 11, 2016

Although the movie is, by design, largely non-specific about its period (late 1980s would be a good guess), Jordana's casual profanity impresses. In American comedies, swears are studded like peppercorns or chocolate chips.

| Jun 14, 2015

SUBMARINE is a story about growing up all while not wanting to get older. It's what HAROLD & MAUDE would have been if they had met in high school.

| Aug 28, 2013

Submarine is a remarkably assured debut filled with dry humor, inventive visual wit and great performances.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 10, 2013

The movie's conception of the tender agonies and embarrassments of would-be teenage lovers is hobbled by punchline cuts and predictable musical montages (carefree dashes, setting off bottle rockets, etc.).

| Jul 1, 2013

It's funny, sad, touching and charming; a film that's in turns joyously ridiculous yet on occasion hits devastatingly close to home.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2012

Though the subject matter is nothing new, every aspect of the film thrums with quality.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 7, 2011

I look forward to more from director Richard Ayoade.

| Nov 30, 2011

It's an intriguing low-key film that makes you think Holden Caulfield.

| Original Score: B | Oct 31, 2011