Fish Tank Review

Fish Tank- Review

Unpopular and disliked by local girls and boys in the area Mia dreams of becoming an urban and street dancer. As this is happening, Mia’s Mum (Joanne) brings a new boy friend on the scene for the family of three; this is where everything changes for 15 year old girl …..

Katie Jarvis present Mia as a troubled isolated teenager who doesn’t show her kindness and caring emotion out but show a tough and hard emotion and expression toward the ones that she loves. One reason why I think she does this because of her background and her surrounding of where she had been bought up and Andrea Arnold really portray this.

I feel that this movie really represents British culture. Also the way it shown shows realism in London, by the setting and certain scene in the film, rivers, flats and parks. Also shown by the camera movement, during the scene the camera was not steady and kept moving slightly which connote realism. Moreover, the character’s costume and make up show how British culture was shown in 2009 as the girls in the film had light and thin clothing, mini skirt and tracksuit. This can be related and shown as stereotype that all girls being bought up in a council estate all look like a ‘chav’ or informal.

 The opening sequence following Mia walking on the street listening to her music, whist walking abusive word and swearing are shouted out when Mia approached a group of girls. When this happens Mia step closer toward one of the girls and head buts them in the nose. By this type of fight shown by a 15 year old teenager can show the environment and lifestyle Mia live by?

Kate Jarvis’ emotionless style and thankless is shown for the protagonist character as the film goes on. Mia has troubles with everyone in her way, this is one of the reason why Mia is always on her own and isolated in a old and tatty flat .Mia always spend her free time practicing dance moves. Also it helps her escape from her family life because Mia and her mum have trouble with each other.   

During the movie, Mia and the mother boyfriend form a relationship which start as a friendship relationship and turns into a lover relationship after one night. Mia really fall in love with the mum boyfriend (Connor) and want a open relationship with him. but Connor knocks her back in to reality from her dreams and tell her it can't happen and decied to move away from the family. then Mia tries to find Connor and this is where everything happen....

Also I feel that the ending of the movie is one of the best scenes and plots in the whole of the movie. I feel this because it not a basic Hollywood ending with the main protagonist character having a happy ending, her finding love with a another character and her becoming a great street dancer ands her win competition and etc., but this shown how British culture is represented to the audience and that not all film have a happy and joyful ending.

I feel that film had a lot of swearing and faun and informal language which can put off the audience whist watching this film. I think that it show British culture as violence and corrupted and the director does show this but there is too faun languages.    

Throughout the film Mia has a goal and objective to do, which is change for herself in her life. She learns that she does want to be nothing like her mother. Her mother who has a sexually active with many men and gets drunk and does care and listen t her children opinions and feeling.

Mostly all the British films are very low budget film such as adulthood, 4321 and shank.  But all these film have a good quality filming which show realism in all of the film, also each film has a lot of drama sequence which can attract the audience.

I feel that the director has carefully planned the setting, actor and many other thing well because is a great movie and you can see the director ideas put in to the film. Also feel that the movie could have had more character in the film.

The main target audince for the movie Fish tank is 15 year olds upwards betweenof the scene shown in the movie and the faun languge, also iit is very attrative toward this age group. 

Samuel Felix