Brilly Elliot

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2001)

I rented this movie from my local video shop yesterday after hearing only good things about it. My brother told me that it would be rubbish but I convinced him to watch it anyway. When the credits rolled at the end we both knew that we had just witnessed a great movie. Brilliant is how to sum it up in one word. This film is a real credit to the British film industry and makes me proud to be British. Funny in areas and also very tragic in the circumstances of the family of Billy Elliot. The performances are great throughout and the soundtrack is also excellent (always a bonus in a movie). One thing I don't understand is why so many people commented on the bad language in the movie, I personally thought that it was damn funny and reflected the way that people talk in Britain.