Dating Amber (2020)
Directed by David Freyne
Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement begins to fall apart, Eddie’s denial gets deeper as Amber realizes that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.
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What critics compared Dating Amber to
The film owes a debt to Richard Ayoade’s Submarine with similar stylistic cues and themes.
Indie fans will notice that there are traces of Richard Ayoade’s Submarine here, another coming-of-ager about an awkward boy and a headstrong girl – even sporting the same heart-shaped sunglasses – but O’Shea and Petticrew make these protagonists entirely their own.