Questions on Fish Tank

1. Initially is Conner a father figure Mia?

Yes Conner is portrayed as a father figure to Mia when he is first introduced as when he comes into the family they start to interact as a family and this is like when they go on a car trip and Conner fills the father spot in this. Also the fact how he gives her piggy back and gives her generous sums of money emphasizes this but as the films narrative develops more her feelings for Conner start to develop too and this takes the father role away from him due to him being portrayed more as a lover and this is shown by how she recorded him and played it back when he is topless and how she gets angry when she watches her mum and him having sexual intercourse.

2. What does the film make you think about the current state of British families. 

The film makes you think that the current state of British families are poor due to the family in Fish Tank having constant arguments which shows how as a family unit they are not connected. This is because of a arrogant argumentative young girl called Mia and her mum who is also a irresponsible parent, this causes prolonging arguements throughout the film between them while the sister to Mia called Tyler sits inbetween there bad relationship and gets along well with both of them. The mums bad attitude may be caused by the fact she is a single mum. The use of a single mum is used to portray how single parent families have become more common in Britain. Also it portrays the growing number of husbands that get bored of their typical family life and cheat on their wives like Connor with Mia's mum.