• Director(s)

    Andrea Arnold

  • Production Year

    2009

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Jason Maza, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway

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Film

Fish Tank

Contains very strong language, sex and sex references

A teenage girl's life is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of her mother's boyfriend. The film deals with some difficult issues, including a 15-year-old girl engaging in sex, and is more suited to older teenagers.…

A teenage girl's life is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of her mother's boyfriend. The film deals with some difficult issues, including a 15-year-old girl engaging in sex, and is more suited to older teenagers.

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violence

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Andrea Arnold

  • Production Year

    2009

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Jason Maza, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway

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Contains very strong language, sex and sex references
Classified Date:
02/07/2009
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
language
The film contains very strong language ('c**t'), as well as multiple uses of strong language ('f**k'), and some milder terms (for example, 'prick' and 'dick'). There is also some discriminatory language (for example 'spastic' and 'pikey').
sex
There is a sex scene involving and man and woman, and which features breast nudity and thrusting. The film also contains some strong sex references.
additional issues
The film also contains a scene in which teenagers drink cough medicine in an attempt to get high, as well as a scene in which a fish is killed when it is skewered on a stick.
Contains very strong language, sex and sex references
Classified Date:
10/03/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
There are some scenes of physical violence, such as a girl being headbutted and a girl being punched.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and well as frequent use of strong language ('f**k'). Some of the language is used by children.
sex
There is a scene of sex between and adult man and a woman, in which the man is seen thrusting on top of the woman. The scene features some nudity, including glimpses of genitals. There are also some crude verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is use of discriminatory language, including 'pikey' and 'spastic'.
drugs
Young people drink cough medicine in an attemtp to get high.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a sequence in which an adult man engages in sex with a character who is 15-years-old. The scene is discreetly filmed and does not feature any nudity or explicit detail. While the scene is portrayed as consensual, the age of the female character means the scene is non-consensual. There is also a scene in which a girl is attacked by two men but she manages to get away before anything happens.
injury detail
There is sight of blood when a girl's foot is cut on a rock. There is also a sequence in which a fish is killed, by being skewered on a stick.
alcohol and smoking
There is frequent sight of smoking and drinking, including by teenagers and younger children.
additional issues
The film also contains a scene in which teenagers drink cough medicine in an attempt to get high, as well as a scene in which a fish is killed when it is skewered on a stick.
Classified Date:
21/07/2009
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    10/03/2010

  • BBFC reference

    AVF261212

  • Language

    English