Billy Elliot
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The t...
Comedy, Drama, Music
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2000
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County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
28 Sep 2000
Country:
FR, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$109,280,263
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 57 wins & 73 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's not often that you overhear someone say with real feeling after the credits have rolled: 'That was a wonderful movie.'
– Jane Sumner,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Bravo! to everyone involved.
– Paul Tatara,
CNN.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Billy Elliot is a feel-good movie that you don't have to feel bad about feeling good about.
– Peter Brunette,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Not trusting the audience to have any reaction that has not been completely stage-managed, [Hall and Daldry] lay on the sentimentality and the cliches as thick as they can, which is pretty thick.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The best dance film in ages.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
1 Jan 2000