Fantastic movie, fantastic ending.

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2004)

Billy Elliot is a wonderful combination of dance, growing up, and family. Billy is confronted with little girls, little boys, and his desire to dance. His dancing blots out all the troubles of life. The movie flows from one problem to the next and eventually everything works itself out. This is a film that makes you want to scream to let this young boy dance, and then fight to let those dreams come true. This movie does not screw you in the end with some kind of short change REALITY ending. If I want REALITY I can call my parents on the telephone any day of the week. But the movie does not sugar coat Billy's existence or the problems his family must face in coal mining country. Wow, it's like real life, with a good ending. This is the film to see.