Worth every minute.

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2001)

As soon as I saw that this was an English film I winced because I have such a hard time understanding the English accent in film. Despite going into this movie with this negative attitude, it completely won me over, which believe me, is saying a lot. Watch out for Gary Lewis, who plays young Billy's father. Every scene he's in contradicted my knowledge that this was an actor playing a character. Try to ignore the sappy sentiments from Grandma (Jean Heywood), which seem to be present only for the useless "aw, shucks" factor. I see that this movie was passed up for an Oscar nomination for best picture. I can't wait to see if the movie that does win can even compare to Billy Elliot.