Fish Tank Film Review

Fish tank film review

The  film "Fish Tank" is about a teenager aged 15 (Katie Jarvis who plays the character Mia) who lives on an estate in Essex with her mother and sister. She doesn't really have much of a family around her due to the fact that everyone yells at one another and there is no communication amongst each other either. The film shows Mia's live and portrays her as a aggressive teen with a dream to succeed in the world of dance. Whilst this story line goes ahead in the film, we are also find out that Mia has a unsteady relationship with her mother’s boyfriend (Connor) which causes complications in terms of her life and confusions in her head. As the film continues, we begin to empathize for the main character (Mia) due to the circumstances which she is in however as the film comes to the end, there in much confusion in Mia's mind which results in her doing a number of weird, unusual things. I think the director Andrea Arnold; who is also the writer of the film; wrote and produced this film in order for people to see how lucky they are and that these sorts of events do take place in family's as well as some do live like this. It allows people to know what’s going on around them and that there are people out there in similar positions. However despite this, i did not really think much of the story line in the film as it kept changing and there were also a lot of unanswered questions leaving the viewers confused with what actually happened. Also, as the viewers of the movie, we expected the main character to make it big in dance or even get a happy ever after however this was not present and she was contempt with just moving from Essex to Wales.

The main character Mia; played by Katie Jarvis; was a really good actor in terms of the story line of the film and i felt that she suited the part very well. Despite the fact that she had not had any acting experience, she seemed to know what she was doing. Katie Jarvis plays the part well as it sends out a message to the audience which is that the basic idea of the movie is survival and that kids who are brought up in these sorts of positions make do with what they've got and have to live with it (survive). Mia's mother; played by Kierston Wareing; makes Mia's life hell as she doesn't look after her daughters the way that she should. By Her mother acting the way that she does, it emphasizes the fact that she has no one in her life, not even her mother to look after her. Her mother uses bad language towards her and does not treat her correctly. This shows people how some kids lives are and there are kids out there with similar day-to-day events so it's not as if this movie is completely made up, in fact it represents the lives of some rare teenagers.

The film is aimed at the younger generation in order to make them appreciate what they've got compared to others of the same age. It allows them, to empathize for them and possibly take action and help others out who are less fortunate than us. The main characters allow this to go ahead as Mia is a teenager who lives with her mother and younger sister in a council flat in Essex. It's not a luxury apartment, nor does she have people around her that cares about her therefore it's showing people the other side of the lives (how the other half lives). The genre of the film also adds to this point as it's neither a fantasy film nor a fictional movie, in fact it's a drama therefore suggesting that this could happen and does happen.

Overall, the film "Fish Tank" is a film in order to make teenagers of the same age of the main character (Mia) feel empathy and therefore attempts to make them appreciate what they have. Also it may result in them wanting to help out others or make them less ungrateful in terms of what they possess. I personally did not like the story line of the movie although it's message which it sents out is strong and therefore does make you think regardless of whether you liked the story line or not.