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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I like it (2)
Dec 30 2003
Format:VHS Tape
I should add that many ballet dancers ARE GAY though not all are - and I see absolutely nothing wrong with either fact (even though the director seems to in this film!).
For the adult Billy in the last scene, the director could have chosen a better looking dude.
This is a fine movie. I understand some people's complaints that the plot is, in retrospect, rather trite and predictable - like the whole time you keep saying to yourself, "What else could it be? I could've written the script myself!" But that's not the point: It is still a good film if it can move you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I like it
Dec 29 2003
Format:VHS Tape
Jamie Bell's acting talent is quite obvious in this debut. My only problems with this film are that the director seems to try too hard to prove there is no connection between being a ballet dancer and being gay (true enough), and that the heroine, the ballet instructor, is nowhere to be seen in Billy's moment of triumph.
I couldn't have understood the dialogues without the aid of closed caption.
A superb Irish toe-tapper
Jan 3 2004
Format:DVD
Setting: Ireland in the mid-80s
Backdrop: A miner's strike, a lockout, poverty, anger
Setup: Billy's father has scraped together the $$ for his boxing lessons, but Billy would rather take ballet.
Plot: the local ballet teacher senses his genius, tutors him, and suggest he audition for the London Ballet
You can imagine how this goes down with his macho father and older brother...
The scenes of Billy dancing, leaping, flying through the town on the cobblestones will make every single person grin and tap their toes along with this gifted child performer.
In deft staging, Billy Elliot gently explores politics, religion, sexuality, and family relationships.
An absolute must-see movie for everyone, especially for those who are fans of all things Irish.
Backdrop: A miner's strike, a lockout, poverty, anger
Setup: Billy's father has scraped together the $$ for his boxing lessons, but Billy would rather take ballet.
Plot: the local ballet teacher senses his genius, tutors him, and suggest he audition for the London Ballet
You can imagine how this goes down with his macho father and older brother...
The scenes of Billy dancing, leaping, flying through the town on the cobblestones will make every single person grin and tap their toes along with this gifted child performer.
In deft staging, Billy Elliot gently explores politics, religion, sexuality, and family relationships.
An absolute must-see movie for everyone, especially for those who are fans of all things Irish.
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Sugar Plum TV Movie
No big Acadamy Award winning effects here! No CGI! Just a small story about an Irish lad yearning to dance (while growing up in a town of coal miners). Read more
Published 8 months ago by Kenneth O. Connor
Fabulous
Thank you for the copy of Billy Elliot. The film came quickly and the price was better than anywhere else. Definitely buy from this seller again.
Published 18 months ago by J. Thomas
definately worth watching!
this is an amazing movie about a boy who is growing up in a small town where a miner's strike is going on. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2006 by Olivia
Excellent moive, good music and extradionary dancing.
I can't say enough about Billy Elliot. The boy who plays Billy ( Jamie Bell) started ballet dancing when he was 6, this film is his debut. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by William
Beautiful & Outstanding Performance!
This is a beautiful film, warmth, sensational, and it may even make you cry. The film also makes you feel complete: it starts with young Billy's kiddie jumps while he's making his... Read more
Published on May 9 2004 by Otto Yuen
A tender and enjoyable story
This was a good film with good production quality. The acting was solid and heart felt. The story was tender, heroic, affirming and at times very funny. Read more
Published on April 28 2004 by T. Hulse
tell me something new...
do what you love, that's the movie. have known it for 15 years. been there, done that. please show me something new.
Published on April 6 2004
Little Kid Go To Dance School and Dance Like Sissy
Complete B.S. I Don't think there was a good part... It featured a little kid dancing on a roof being watched and/of laughed at by a little girl. Nice acting... total B.S. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2004 by DJ Miera
What is this?
This is by far the worst movie ive seen. its a big budget movie with a plot that goes nowhere. This movie is about a boy who wnats to do ballet. WOW! Read more
Published on Feb 22 2004 by Torik
Boxing vs. Ballet
I started watching this movie unwillingly. The opening credits with Billy jumping on a trampoline to a drippy song didn't help. Read more
Published on Jan 29 2004 by takingadayoff
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