FISH TANK

**Ends THURSDAY, APRIL 8th**

"BRILLIANT... NEARLY FLAWLESS...the contradictions of adolescence have rarely been conveyed with such authenticity and force." - A. O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"WONDERFUL! I'm telling you to seek out FISH TANK because it's absolute dynamite." - Andrew O'Hehir, SALON

"A COMMANDING MOVIE ... comparable to such youth-in-trouble classics as THE 400 BLOWS." - David Denby, THE NEW YORKER

"GRADE A- ... you can't take your eyes off Katie Jarvis." - Lisa Schwartzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold (director of RED ROAD and winner of the 2003 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Feature) comes the critically-acclaimed British drama FISH TANK. The film is an emotionally stunning coming-of-age story, electrified by the breakthrough performance of its young star Katie Jarvis.
Fifteen-year-old Mia (Katie Jarvis) is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. Perpetually in trouble, excluded from school and ostracized by her friends, she is without any creative outlet for her considerable energies save a secret love of hip-hop dance. However, when she meets her party-girl mother’s charmingly mysterious new boyfriend Connor (Michael Fassbender, HUNGER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS), she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might be the one to help her change everything.
A clear-eyed, potent portrait of teenage sexuality and vulnerability, FISH TANK confirms writer/director Arnold’s status as one of the leading figures of new British cinema.

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/fish-tank

Read an interview with FISH TANK star Michael Fassbender:
http://www.movieline.com/2010/01/michael-fassbender-the-movieline-interv...