Movie #424 ........................."Fish Game"

Movie #424 "Fish Game" is NOT worthy of the 2010 Bafta award; i.e. unless all the other candidates were based on Noel Coward's plays! This is a really disturbing film , but that's after 50+ minutes of film time delineating just how psychotic and angry this 15 year old girl is ---- and that's before her mother's boyfriend has sex with her (and yes, graphic scene). Then, all hell breaks loose in her life, and things get worse ---- yes, I feel sorry for her that her mother is a loser, yes, I get that her dream of being a dancer is crushed, and yes, i get the poignancy of the last scene where she finally communicates with her mom (kind of) by dancing with her in the living room ---- pitiful scene, and the last image is of her little sister in the rear view window of the car as she and a boy friend drive away from this rat trap and don't take her. The little girl begs for her to come back and yes, I wanted to throw something at the film screen! You don't need to see this one. This review hit the high spots, except for other negative things she does that I don't even want to go into.





You rated this movie: 2
Rate 5 starsRate 4 starsRate 3 starsRate 2 starsRate 1 star
Fish Tank
(2009) NR
The life of hot-tempered teen outcast Mia (Katie Jarvis) takes an unexpected turn when her mother, Joanne (Kierston Wareing), brings home a handsome and mysterious boyfriend named Connor (Michael Fassbender), who pledges to bring sweeping positive changes to the household. British writer-director Andrea Arnold's sophomore feature won Best British Film at the 2010 BAFTAs.
Genre: Indie Dramas, United Kingdom, Foreign Regions
This movie is: Steamy, Gritty
Format: DVD, Blu-ray and streaming (HD available)