Billy Elliot
critic Reviews
, 85% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Billy Elliot is a charming movie that can evoke both laughter and tears.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanIndependent (UK)
It's as raw a slice of escapism as you could wish for.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowCommon Sense Media
Terrific story of young ballet dancer has strong language.
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- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter TraversRolling Stone
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreStephen HunterWashington Post
It demands love, which is the best way not to get it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristopher KellyFort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Turns out to be that rare melodrama that earns both its laughter and its tears.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoanne LaurierWorld Socialist Web Site
Billy Elliot is not a masterpiece, but it is a work, in the first place, driven by considerable feeling.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeigh PaatschHerald Sun (Australia)
Take a twirl with Billy and you won't be disappointed.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreEve TushnetPatheos
Billy Elliot almost always makes the wrong choice, for the saccharine over the convincing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick RogersMidwest Film Journal
The film about atypical artistic pursuits in a blue-collar community that "The Full Monty" sought to be. Peter Darling's choreography dexterously captures the defiance in the dancing - rage against economical and emotional repression in a motherless home.
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