Fish Tank
2009
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1215
- IMDb #1540
- Rotten Tomatoes #1108
- Metacritic #831
- Letterboxd #1060
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #896
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1767
- Metacritic Critics #635
- Metacritic Audience #1597
- Criticker #508
- Kinopoisk #3370
- AlloCiné #1556
- Trakt #2493
Every rating
64–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 86, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
Details
- Director
- Andrea Arnold
- Writer
- Andrea Arnold
- Released
- 11 September 2009
- Country
- Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $5.9M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 8 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award 2010 | Best British Film | Winner | |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Film | Kees Kasander | Nominee |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Film | Nick Laws | Nominee |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Director | Andrea Arnold | Nominee |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Actress | Katie Jarvis | Nominee |
| 22nd European Film Awards 2009 | Best Film | Andrea Arnold | Nominee |
| Jury Prize 2009 | Jury Prize | Winner | |
| Motovun Film Festival 2009 | Motovun Film Festival | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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BAFTA Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best British Film | Winner |
Jury Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Prize | Winner |
Motovun Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Motovun Film Festival | Winner |
22nd European Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Katie Jarvis | Nominee |
| Best Director | Andrea Arnold | Nominee |
| Best Film | Kees Kasander | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nick Laws | Nominee |
| Best Film | Andrea Arnold | Nominee |