Fish Tank

A Reckless Teenager, Seeking Solitude Yet Craving Connection

Mia, the 15-year-old protagonist of "Fish Tank," Andrea Arnold's tough and brilliant second feature, moves with such speed and fury that she seems to be trying to flee not only from her bleak surroundings but also from the movie itself. The narrow, nearly square frame boxes Mia in, and Ms. Arnold's on-the-run hand-held tracking shots increase the sense of panicky claustrophobia. Living in a cramped apartment in a British housing project that stands like a cluster of megaliths in the middle of nowhere, Mia is at once trapped and adrift, unable to contain or to express the feelings seething beneath the blank, sullen mien she usually presents to the world. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (5923 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 15 gennaio 2010