VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Mike Guratza It's so nice to watch a film like this. No BS, gets you straight to the reality the characters are facing, no need for clichés and over the top production, just straight, grim realism. It's so nice not to know what's gonna happen next, it's so nice not to have "black and white" force fed perception of morality, and it's always nice to have Michael Fassbender in a lead. In a movie world dominated by blatant sexuality and exposure, making us indifferent to the view of sexual acts, this film succeeds in depicting one of the most truly erotic scenes at least of recent years. Not your typical "three-act" piece, this movie offers nothing of didactic nature. Just an imprint of what is happening all around us. Most of the times nothing gets better, people stay the same, and hope is just little people making their little plans.

ckd-42924 I'm a 20 years old woman, and the lead character, Mia, is 15 years old. I can't help but compare her life with my life of when I was 15 years old. She doesn't go to school. she has few friends. In addition, she shows her mother a rebellious attitude. I can't believe her bad behaviors, but I can understand her feeling a little. She believes she can do anything by herself and everything is going to be all right. But the reality is not that easy. I think people grow up experiencing failures.All of this movie are so natural that I think this movie seems to be a documentary.

angrypancho I imagine it's no small thing even for someone as obviously talented as she to choose a movie career as a young mother, but the UK movie industry would certainly benefit from someone of her charisma and talent.I just now saw this movie on satellite and have no recollection of its being shown around me back in 2009 when it was released. Checking several sources to see how it had been reviewed, I'm glad to see it was critically acclaimed in several movie festivals. Andrea Arnold in particular, its writer-director, should have been proclaimed a cinematic wizard. There are so many brilliant choices in this film that I wonder whether the problem was too many industry people were rightly intimidated. Jarvis, for example, had never acted before.The plot of 'Fish Tank' borrows from Arnold's and Jarvis' own experiences growing up in working class England, I think. A young girl dreams of being a dancer while navigating a mother who can barely keep herself afloat and her unexpectedly attractive, and yet fatherly, new boyfriend played by Michael Fassbender. The movie follows Mia, at 15 and quite spirited, as she struggles to find a foothold in the rough world that's molded her and promises to entrap her.This is an overlooked film that you will never forget; the scenes are so true to life, they're hard to see as fiction. I'm only sorry I didn't see it when it was circulating.

esterch I watched this movie because of the high rating and because Michael Fassbender is in it, but it left me quite disappointed. The acting was alright but I didn't find any of the characters interesting, so the only reason I didn't quit watching the movie was because I thought it would get better. There is no clear plot, it's more like a documentary about a low class family, filled by anger all the time, and their relationship with a higher class man, who has much better manners but is definitely not a better person. The message of the movie could be just that no matter how educated you are that doesn't make you a better person, but then the approach could have been much more interesting. The movie is not pleasant to watch since the characters are simply being an ass to each other all the time, and what makes it worse is that it has no entertaining value at all. One can argue that the whole point is to be realistic, but there is nothing special in the movie that makes it worthier to watch than simply observing real life if there is not going to be character growth or insights during the 2 hours anyway. What leaves you thinking is simply why would you even care about people who have no moral values and are difficult to bear with?