
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing.... (Full plot summary below)
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Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing.
Leave your thoughts about Fish Tank.
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmWell enough written and directed, and certainly acted, to prove a compassionate and in the end and optimistic study of an underclass who, despite everything, refuse to succumb to their circumstances. |
| Daily Mirror (UK)David EdwardsFish Tank takes you to places you never expected and, with pitch-perfect performances all round, makes for a beguiling and very real picture that conjures hope amid the most hopeless of surroundings. The best British film of the year. |
| Total FilmJonathan DeanA powerful, poignant and beautiful film, Arnold crafts Brit realism at its best |
| GuardianPeter BradshawAndrea Arnold has demonstrated her mastery and fluency in the social-realist idiom, and simply makes it fizz with life. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerBeautifully written, stunningly directed drama with a terrific, breakout performance from newcomer Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank is one of the best films of the year. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe only person who seems to understand the angry teen is mom's new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender of Hunger), though their friendship oscillates between intimate and vaguely creepy. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertArnold deserves comparison with a British master director like Ken Loach. |
| Metro (UK)Larushka Ivan-ZadehVisually striking but never stylised, it's simply astonishing to find a film that's such a hard-hitting smack in the mouth, yet, at the same time, a marvel of such fragile, natural beauty. Best British film of the year? You bet. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigA brilliantly acted and achingly bleak coming-of-age story. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversWhile you're remembering new high-impact names, add Arnold. In only her second film, after 2006's "Red Road," she keeps the screen filled to bursting with the beauty and raw terror of life. |