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Submarine 2010 film8/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She takes pictures of them kissing, but it turns out to be a plan to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. One day she invites him to meet secretly after school, instructing him to bring a Polaroid camera and a diary. He is in love with a mischievous but straight-talking girl named Jordana (Paige) in his year, and goes as far as bullying an overweight classmate to impress her. 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.Oliver Tate (Roberts) is a 15 year-old Swansea boy in 1986 who is convinced that he is an unrivalled genius who is widely loved by his classmates, when in fact he is pretentious and socially alienated. 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. It flaunts some stylistic devices, such as titles and sections and self-aware narration, but it doesn't try too hard to be desperately clever. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3/4 stars saying " Submarine isn't an insipid teen sex comedy. The website's critics consensus: "Funny, stylish, and ringing with adolescent truth, Submarine marks Richard Ayoade as a talent to watch." At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 76 based on 37 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 88% based on reviews from 154 critics, with an average score of 7.4/10. Submarine received positive reviews from critics. It was also screened along with 400 other films at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival the next month. The film also played at the 54th London Film Festival in October 2010 and was played out of competition at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. Following a generally positive reception it was picked up by The Weinstein Company for a North American release. The film premiered at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010. The original score was composed by Andrew Hewitt, long-time collaborator of Ayoade, recorded at Air Studios with The Composers Ensemble orchestra. The soundtrack charted at 35 in the UK Album Chart. Original songs were written and performed by Alex Turner, the frontman of Arctic Monkeys. Michael Sheen and X Factor contestant Lucie Jones were originally cast in the film but dropped out due to other commitments. Andrew Hewitt composed the score and musician Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys contributed six songs. ![]() Principal photography began on 26 October 2009 and filming finished in December 2009. The film was produced by Warp Films and Film4 Productions.
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