Touching!

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2014)

This movie is very moving and touching, it still warms my heart a little bit all over again every single time I watch it, and I have seen it probably at least a dozen times over the years. Hard to believe it came out so long ago, in 2000, when it still seems pretty recent to me! Haha I must be getting old.
Anyway it's a simple enough story but they do it very well. I have also seen the musical version of the story but I didn't like it quite as much as the movie.
The boy playing Billy is great and all the performances work very well in the film. You really root for him to win his dreams but also for his family to be OK.
A great movie!