Mia is a rebellious teenager on the verge of being kicked out of school. Her hard-partying mother, Joanne, neglects Mia's welfare in favor of her own, and her younger sister hangs out with a much older crowd. Sparks fly between Mia and Connor, Joanne's new boyfriend, and he encourages Mia to pursue her interest in dance. As the boundaries of the relationships become blurred, Mia and Joanne compete for Connor's affection.
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award21 wins & 29 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Writer-director Andrea Arnold has created something so real and raw, you may come away with a twinge of guilty voyeurism, a sense of peering too closely and impolitely into other people's lives.
– David Germain,
Associated Press,
5 Mar 2010
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Writer-director Andrea Arnold, working in British lower-class realism, still finds wondrous moments of connection in Mia's life.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
5 Mar 2010
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The characters are guarded, and as we come to understand them scene by scene, they become ever harder to sort into convenient categories of hero and villain.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
18 Mar 2010
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A bold new entry in the long-standing British tradition of disquieting social realism.
– Ian Buckwalter,
NPR,
4 Jul 2010
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Fish Tank may begin as a patch of lower-class chaos, but it turns into a commanding, emotionally satisfying movie, comparable to such youth-in-trouble classics as The 400 Blows.