‘Fish Tank’ gives newcomer Katie Jarvis room to grow
Jarvis, discovered by director Andrea Arnold at 17, not only warmed to her role as a hot-headed young Brit who flowers under much-needed attention, she underwent a similar transformation.
As the British film “Fish Tank” opens, a scrappy teenage girl named Mia whips around her low-income English apartment block. She leaves an angry voice mail for her friend, argues with a girl’s father, yells at her mother and younger sister and picks fights with a group of boys and a separate bunch of girls.
And then she dances. Alone in an abandoned apartment, she finds her freedom, moving with a grace and muscular authority that might otherwise never find expression. After her mother’s new boyfriend takes an extra interest in her, encouraging and supporting her in ways no one has before, she begins to mature and transform. Read More
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