Mia(Katie Jarvis) is mad most of the time. At 15, she lives with her alcoholic, party-girl mother (Kierston Wareing) and foul-mouthed younger sister (Rebecca Griffiths). Her only interest is dancing. She has no friends — in fact most of the local girls are her outright enemies.

When her mother brings home a new boyfriend, Connor (Michael Fassbender), At first, Mia’s upset when Mum’s new boyfriend moves into their apartment. But Mia finds herself attracted to the handsome stranger, probably because he’s one of the few people who treats her with kindness

Writer-director Andrea Arnold has created something so real and raw. It is unrated but contains scenes of sexuality, sex involving a minor and teen drinking and smoking. Putting real life uncomfortably under the lens seems a specialty for Arnold, like she did when she get an Academy Award winner for her 2004 short film Wasp.

This is a British version of  last year’s “Precious.” It can be hard to watch, and what little hope it offers needs to be sought out

Watching Fish Tank is, as the title implies, like gazing through the glass of an aquarium at the lives of those trapped within, whose only chance of escape would seem to be through death.

When I watch a movie, then when I wake up in the morning I still think about it, I assume that movie already shoot my head, so does this Fish Tank…love it