Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 21 wins & 29 nominations total
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- TriviaKatie Jarvis, who plays Mia, had never acted before this film. A casting director spotted her having a fight with her boyfriend at a train station and offered her the role.
- GoofsWhen Mia takes the alcohol bottle from the woman at one of the parties, it is almost empty. Later, Mia is seen drinking from the bottle in her mother's bedroom and the bottle is half full.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Daybreakers/Leap Year/Youth in Revolt (2010)
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Performed by Cassie Ventura (as Cassie) featuring Sean 'Diddy' Combs (as Diddy) & Yung Joc
Written by Ryan Leslie
Published by Aspen Songs
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd
Top review
A step beyond the kitchen sink
As an American who used to be a fan of British "kitchen sink" drama I can say this film not only eclipsed those films, it eclipsed that whole genre, which was about poverty-stricken males who vented their rage against whoever crossed their path, usually females. "Fish Tank" turns all that inside out. This is "grrrrrl" kitchen sink.
Katie Jarvis cannot get enough kudos for her performance as a teenager called Mia. She's angry at the world. She fits in nowhere. Her mother is an advanced-age party animal who resents Mia for reminding her she's a mom.
Mia's poor. In the U.S., she would live in the projects. Here, it's called council flats.
The plot is fairly simple ... at first. Mia falls in love with her mother's studly boyfriend. He knows she lusts after him. She knows ... The movie is not really about the outcome of these lustful/familial issues as it is about how Mia will overcome/survive them. The movie goes in unpredictable directions.
One wonderful observation about this film is the economy of scenes. Every scene counts. An American version would have included at least one music video. Here, no BS. Every scene counts.
And the movie is about survival. Kids can survive bad backgrounds. We root for Mia all the way to the end.
Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, say hi to Andrea Arnold.
Katie Jarvis cannot get enough kudos for her performance as a teenager called Mia. She's angry at the world. She fits in nowhere. Her mother is an advanced-age party animal who resents Mia for reminding her she's a mom.
Mia's poor. In the U.S., she would live in the projects. Here, it's called council flats.
The plot is fairly simple ... at first. Mia falls in love with her mother's studly boyfriend. He knows she lusts after him. She knows ... The movie is not really about the outcome of these lustful/familial issues as it is about how Mia will overcome/survive them. The movie goes in unpredictable directions.
One wonderful observation about this film is the economy of scenes. Every scene counts. An American version would have included at least one music video. Here, no BS. Every scene counts.
And the movie is about survival. Kids can survive bad backgrounds. We root for Mia all the way to the end.
Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, say hi to Andrea Arnold.
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- dave-sturm
- Feb 5, 2010
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- Câu Chuyện Về Mia
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $374,675
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,854
- Jan 17, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $2,404,300
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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