Rating of
3.5/4
I hate you! I hate you, too!
gideon43 - wrote on 05/27/10
Following on from her debut feature "Red Road" director Andrea Arnold once again revisits the urban squalor and decay so often on the edge of British society.
An unflinching, gritty and more importantly realistic look at the painful throes of adolescence in an environment filled with despair and hopelessness.
Katie Jarvis is a revelation as the feisty confused teenager grappling with her feelings and disaffection.
At times sad, disturbing and funny, Fish Tank could also be construed as a pessimistic and slightly depressing tale but it is in its final scenes that a little bit of hope, vulnerability and love finally surfaces.
One of the best British films of the Noughties.
