Not really what I expected

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2000)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
With Billy Elliot,I expected some Full Monty style tale of the miner's strike ,and a young boy realising his dreams against the backdrop of this,which had a lot of classy,memorable '80's tunes to it.Instead,it was more of a bland and straightforward affair.Half the tracks I heard were from the '70's,not the '80's (especially the many T-Rex intervals),and not much is really looked into the miner's.Instead,a lot was focused on Billy's growing relationship with his ballet teacher,and cross dressing friend,which were quite good,but made the film more delving than light hearted and fun,which was what I was hoping it would be like.In fact,Billy's ballet teacher and overbearing father were the main great things about the film.***