Finally got round to watching Fish Tank - what the hell kept me? This film is fantastic, brutal yet beautiful, like Mike Leigh meets Terence Malik. Andrea Arnold does a great job of keeping you guessing - is Michael Fassbinder a father figure or a seedy borderline paedo? Is Katie Jarvis a good person in shit circumstances or just a another soulless chav? You can probably guess the answers but you'll still love the finding out. The last 20 minutes or so when the epiphanies start piling up for our anti-heroine are breathtaking. Amazing film, amazing release - don't miss checking out Wasp in the extras, a first rate Danny Dyer movie - who knew?
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