Fishtank Rev

Fishtank is a film directed by Andrea Arnold, also known for directing another film called 'Wasp'. She's also known for winning an award at the Oscars and Bafta awards as best film director. The film 'Fishtank' is based on a 15year old girl who has an ambition in life to actually go ahead and make something of her life. Her goal is to audition and become a dancer however she is let down several times by her chance of becoming a dancer and by her mothers friend who she believed liked her. The film title relates to the film as the girl is stuck in a position where she dreams to things but can't as she is always portrayed throughout the film. 

The actors Katie Jarvis (Mia) and Michael Fassbender (Connor) are the main stars. The audience understand that Mia has been kicked out of school due to unacceptable behaviour however we find out that when she wants to block everything out, she locks herself into a room and practises dancing. Mia lives with her mum and her little sister in a council flat who she does not get along with as her mum doesn't care about her. Mia's mum meets a new male friend whom stays over in the evenings, until he started becoming more closer to her mum and herself. Then we see that something is going to happen between Mia and Connor as we notice that they keep making sly eye contact. Later on during the film, the two actors begin to kiss, later on Connor leaves Mia's mum and goes back to his secret family. However, Mia does not give up easily as she finds out where he lives and kidnaps his baby daughter. 

Mia then sends his daughter back and finds a way out to be set free from the life she hated. She leaves with a friend that she made while she was out walking. The plot of the film is quite unusual as there was no storyline. This connected with the main character Mia as she had to story to her life. Also, the genre is Drama as we see the dramatic side to Mia's life which Arnold did to show how society is changing and how people go through rough times in life. 

My personal opinion on the film is quite positive because the fact that there is no storyline, fits in and related to Mia's character as she is not in a fixed position. Her life is turned upside down and things seem to get worse and worse each time something good comes along. For example, when she received the phone call giving her the chance to audition, however when she went, it was not as she expected because all the other contestants are strippers rather than hip hop dancers hence why she left the audition.

Arnolds target audience is most likely at young people who may be in the same position as Mia, who got sexually abused by a middle aged man whom she was inferior. My personal rating on the film is 8.5/10