FiShTaNk

Fish Tank

The main synopsis of the film is 'At the centre of the story is newcomer Katie Jarvis, playing Mia, a tricky, lairy 15-year-old in trouble with the social services for breaking a girl's nose after a contretemps in one of the windswept municipal canyons lying between tower blocks. She has inherited from her mum, played by Kierston Wareing, a stroppy insecurity and a nascent fondness for the booze. The family dog is actually called Tennent's. Mia has a feisty younger sister, Tyler – a scene-stealer of a performance from Rebecca Griffiths – who is always winding Mia up with shrill threats to "tell on her". There is no dad in the picture. Mia has just one interest in life: urban dance, and she isn't too bad, but the moves she practises are moody, introverted and subdued, rather like the dancer herself.

The film starts with Mia having fallen out with her friends. This leads to a confrontation with the group were she headbutts one of them. From then on Mia just confronts everyone and everything she is faced with in her shitty life. The best thing about the film is that it is not totally negative and you feel that although Mia's life is far from pleasent she never gives up hope of something better. There are some horrendous moments in the film but they are balanced out with humour. The film will have you laughing, shocked, saddened and just hoping that there aren't too many real Mia's out there in the real world facing what she has to face on a daily basis. Even though you know there probably are :-(

The film has everything, humour, love, sadness, hope and absolutely amazing dialogue, visuals and sound. I was hooked from the start and the two hours flew bye!! The film is being compared to 'Kes' and 'This is England,' which it is definitely worthy of. I love well made British films and this certainly is one of them

9 out of 10 go see it!!! ;-Dx