Wednesday, May 4, 2011

fish tank not shark tank

the second movie i watched while not leaving my bed was fish tank, a british indie drama. this movie was sad and slow and totally predictable. the lead is this 15-year-old with anger and a young mom with a new boyfriend. it seems like the boyfriend is maybe too friendly and then, spoiler alert, he is and they have sex and he leaves and she finds him and he's married and she starts to kidnap his daughter but returns her and then she runs away with her gypsy boyfriend.

one of those movies about how some people have a really hard life and are trapped? it was really bleak (totally spelled that right without trying) and kind of beautiful for that reason. maybe i didn't understand this movie. maybe i'm too dumb to get art.

1 comment:

  1. sometimes art is dumb. this movie is the kind of thing that makes me miss having IFC.

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