One of the best ever!

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2001)

This movie is simply one of the greatest films ever made. I always had a thing for British movies (and the acting, especially!) but this one...what can I say? I saw it about 6 times in the theater, just couldn't get enough of it. There isn't a single bit of it that doesn't feel true and that touches your soul. Billy and his family had me from the first scene to the last. There is a lot to be said about this movie and I could spend a couple of hours praising it, but I think You all should just go and see it for yourselves! If you watch movies because of the acting and if you wanna get to know the characters and love them, then you will like it I hope. If you want action, sex and glamour, then you might not. I was disappointed it didn't get more Oscar nods. Julie Walters was great and atleast Jamie Bell was awarded elsewhere (the British academy award, and the national board of review), but my personal favorites (amongst favorites) were Gary Lewis as the father and Jean Heywood as the grandmother.