Great capturing movie

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2006)

In a small town in Durham there is a boy named Billy Elliot played by Jamie Bell, who has the ambition to become a professional ballet-dancer. Unfortunately his brother Tony (Jamie Draven) and his father (Gary Lewis) don't want him to take up ballet as they find it "girly". Billy Elliot lives in a crap house with his brother, his father (Jackie) and his grandmother (Jean Heywood). Jackie and Tony work as coal miners, but during the movie they are on a strike due to their low salaries. This makes their household stressful as they have no income. Jackie decides to send his son to boxing lessons (which he can barely afford), but Billy secretly quits boxing and takes up ballet. Billy started dancing because he always had the talent in him. He inherited this talent from his dead mother (Jamie Birkett) and his grandmother.
At ballet school we are introduced to Billy's ballet teacher Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters). Mrs. Wilkinson is a very strict Ballet teacher who molds Billy's natural ballet talents into perfection. After a couple of ballet lessons later Billy's dad finds out that Billy has taken up ballet. Jackie is very angry with Billy at this moment so he forbids Billy from going to Ballet. After this incident Billy has to take private lessons with Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. Wilkinson kindly offers him these lessons because she believes that Billy has the potential to go to the "Royal Ballet School" in Newcastle. Unfortunately Billy has to miss his audition since Tony got into a load of trouble with the police. Tony got into trouble with the police since he was the ring-leader the protesters. Later on we find out if Billy will become go to the royal ballet school, or if he will be forced to give up his dream because of his family.