Billy Elliot
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- Synopsis
- Brassed Off meets My Name Is Joe in this gritty coming-of-age drama about a young son of a poor English coal miner who dreams of being a ballet dancer. The film is set during a 1984 miners' strike in Durham county, where angry clashes between ......
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- Starring
- Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Jean Heywood
- Director(s)
- Stephen Daldry
- Distributor(s)
- Universal
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites
People who see it may feel like dancing out of the theater afterward. Go for it.Read the full review
Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites
Strikes a delicate balance of comedy and pathos with an uplifting final act that delivers a resoundingly satisfying emotional payoff.Read the full review
USA Today | Susan WloszczynaAdd Critic to Favorites
You'd be hard-pressed to find a purer expression of rapture in a film this year than the one that opens Billy Elliot.Read the full review
