Fish Tank (2009)

Directed by: Andrea Arnold

Cast: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing

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OFF-SALE: Fri Sep 11, 9:00 PM – SCOTIABANK THEATRE 2
Sat Sep 12, 12:30 PM – WINTER GARDEN THEATRE
Sat Sep 19, 9:00 AM – ISABEL BADER THEATRE

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Synopsis: Andrea Arnold's assured follow-up to Red Road is a taboo-breaking love story about a violent teenaged girl transformed by desire for her mother's new boyfriend.

Programme: Vanguard

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 124 minutes

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Reviews	User	Date Posted
Chicago Sun-Times [Roger Ebert]	-	-
Los Angeles Times [Betsy Sharkey]	-	-
Rolling Stone [Peter Travers]	-	-
Salon.com [Andrew O'Hehir]	-	-
San Francisco Chronicle [Mick LaSalle]	-	-
USA Today [Claudia Puig]	-	-
The Village Voice [Ella Taylor]	-	-
The One-Line Review [Iain Stott]	-	-
ScreenComment.com [Craig Younkin]	-	-
[Betomovies] (Español)	-	-
theartsdesk.com [Sheila Johnston]	-	-
Daily Mirror [David Edwards]	-	-
De Ultieme FilmBlog (Dutch)	-	-
CompuServe [Harvey Karten]	-	-
Confessions of a Pop Fan [Jamie S. Rich]	-	-
Darkmatters [Matt Adcock]	-	-
Dave's Film & DVD Reviews [David Brook]	-	-
eFilmCritic Reviews	-	-
Film-Forward.com	-	-
Global Comment [Mark Farnsworth]	-	-
zanily godfella reviews [Bruno Pletinck] (Dutch)	-	-
Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second (UK)	-	-
Confession of a Film Critic [John Maguire]	-	-
Movies for the Masses [Joseph Proimakis]	-	-
New York Times (registration req'd)	-	-
Sky.com [Rob Daniel]	-	-
Movie Vortex	-	-
Moving Pictures magazine [Eric Kohn]	-	-
OutNow! (German)	-	-
Ruthlessculture.com [Jonathan McCalmont]	-	-
Screenjabber	-	-
Smells Like Screen Spirit [Don Simpson]	-	-
The Incredible Suit	-	-
filmsoundoff.com [Alex roberts]	-	-
Weekend Flicks [Craig Younkin]	-	-
Movie Talk [Jason Best]	-	-
2020Vancouver	-	-
Austin Chronicle [Kimberley Jones]	-	-
Big Picture Big Sound [David Kempler]	-	-
Briandom [Brian Orndorf]	-	-
Channel 4 Film	-	-
CineClandestino.it [Lorenzo Leone] (Italian)	-	-
[Pauline Kleijer](Cinema.nl, Dutch)	-	-
Cinema de Merde [Scott Telek]	-	-
Cinemart.gr (Greek)	-	-
Cinepassion.org [Fernando F. Croce]	-	-
Cinescene [Chris Knipp]	-	-
Cole Smithey [Cole Smithey]	-	-
Combustible Celluloid [Jeffrey M. Anderson]	-	-
Critic Nic	-	-
Critic's Notebook [Tim Hayes]	-	-
Dandyspoke [Mike Hawkins]	-	-
Digital Spy [Mayer Nissim]	-	-
DVD Talk	-	-
exclaim! [Robert Bell]	-	-
exclaim! [Alan Bacchus]	-	-
EyeForFilm.co.uk [Chris]	-	-
Eye Weekly [Jason Anderson]	-	-
Eye Weekly [Jason Anderson]	-	-
Film24 (Jez Sands)	-	-
Filmcritic.com	-	-
Filmering.at [Michael Föls] (German)	-	-
FilmJerk.com [Brian Orndorf]	-	-
Filmstarts.de [Ulf Lepelmeier] (German)	-	-
FlickFilosopher.com [MaryAnn Johanson]	-	-
floatationsuite [Sheila Seacroft]	-	-
Future Movies – Cinema Review [Paul Gallagher]	-	-
Swimming to Casablanca	-	-
Hollywood Jesus [Darrel Manson]	-	-
Hollywood Reporter [Ray Bennett]	-	-
IC Places [Chris Knipp]	-	-
Independent.co.uk – First Night: Cannes [Kaleem Aftab]	-	-
Independent.co.uk [Anthony Quinn]	-	-
Independent.co.uk [Jonathan Romney]	-	-
Jigsaw Lounge / Tribune [Neil Young]	-	-
Long Pauses [Darren Hughes]	-	-
Matiere Focale.com [Norman Bates] (French)	-	-
Movie City News [David Poland]	-	-
Movie Machine [Constant Hoogenbosch] (Dutch)	-	-
Moviemuser.co.uk [Kevin Stanley]	-	-
MovieRetriever.com [Brian Tallerico]	-	-
MovieRetriever.com	-	-
Mulderville.net (French)	-	-
MYmovies.it [Giancarlo Zappoli] (Italian)	-	-
NPR [Ian Buckwalter]	-	-
The NYC Movie Guru [Avi Offer]	-	-
Paste Magazine [Sean Gandert]	-	-
Plume Noire review (French)	-	-
Plume Noire [Moland Fengkov ]	-	-
Pure Movies [Suki Ferguson]	-	-
Quiet Earth [Simon Read]	-	-
Reeling Reviews [Robin Clifford, Laura Clifford]	-	-
ReelTalk [Donald Levit]	-	-
revue24Images.com [Juliette Ruer] (french)	-	-
RowThree.com [Jandy Stone]	-	-
Rude Reviews [Simon Cameron]	-	-
Ruthless Reviews (potentially offensive)	-	-
Scott's Movie Comments	-	-
Screen International [Allan Hunter]	-	-
Slant Magazine [Lauren Wissot]	-	-
The House Next Door [Veronika Ferdman]	-	-
Sound On Sight (podcast)	-	-
Spirituality and Practice [Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat]	-	-
The Auteurs	-	-
The Film Talk [Jett Loe and Gareth Higgins]	-	-
TheShiznit.co.uk [Steven Hurst]	-	-
Time Out New York [Keith Uhlich]	-	-
TotalFilm.com	-	-
UKscreen [Jason Korsner]	-	-
Variety.com [Leslie Felperin]	-	-
Xi-online [Lotte Kroese] (Dutch)	-	-

FILM SPOTLIGHT An Education A coming-of-age story about a teenaged girl in 1960s suburban London and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

TOP RATED FILMS La Soga (2009)1. La Soga (2009)2. Slovenian Girl (2009)3. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)4. The Waiting City (2009)5. A Prophet (2009)6. The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)7. Harry Brown (2009)8. Soul Kitchen (2009)9. I, Don Giovanni (2009)10. The Boys Are Back (2009)

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FESTIVAL MAP Locate all theatres and venues with our Festival Map

OFFICIAL WEBSITE Visit the Official Website of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009

FILM SPOTLIGHT

An Education

A coming-of-age story about a teenaged girl in 1960s suburban London and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

TOP RATED FILMS

La Soga (2009)
1. La Soga (2009)
2. Slovenian Girl (2009)
3. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
4. The Waiting City (2009)
5. A Prophet (2009)
6. The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
7. Harry Brown (2009)
8. Soul Kitchen (2009)
9. I, Don Giovanni (2009)
10. The Boys Are Back (2009)

POLLS

What was the best film at TIFF 2009?

Antichrist
Fish Tank
Life During Wartime
A Prophet
The Road
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Up in the Air

View Results

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FESTIVAL MAP

Locate all theatres and venues with our Festival Map

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Visit the Official Website of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009