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Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2006)

After seeing Billy Elliot it was very obvious that not everyone was willing to accept the fact that a boy would rather dance ballet then box with the other boys. Billy had a hard time dealing with his new love for ballet at first and tried to hide his new passion from his father and family. This became more of a problem once his family did find out but Billy kept practicing and wanting to learn more and more about ballet.
It is upsetting to see someone who really enjoys doing something but is not able to tell anyone about it. Billy worked hard with his ballet instructor to be good. One scene that stands out the most was when his father and brother found out about his new love for ballet. His brother Tony, wanted to beat him up for dancing. Tony was afraid that if anyone found out his brother enjoyed dancing people would look at him differently and ruin his reputation as well. Tony knew that people would think that Billy was gay.
Julie Walters played a great character Mrs. Wilkison. She agreed with Billy wanting to dance and she was good about hiding it from his family. But everyone had a break point; Mrs. Wilkison couldn't let such good talent go to waste. She approached Billy's father about it and told him how he was a great dancer. He then told her to stay away from him and he could no longer dance. That didn't stop the two. They kept practicing, even harder then before.
The best scene in the movie was Christmas night, Billy took his friend to he place that he dances at. In this scene Billy's father and the owner of that gym walked in on him dancing for his friend. Billy was running around doing ballet moves that he had learned and throwing in some tap and other dance moves that he had thought up and came out naturally. At first the viewers get the impression that he is going to be mad at Billy. But later it turns out that he supports Billy and wants him to continue to dance. He wants him to go to that special school that his instructor had told him about. At the end of the movie we see Billy in a dance recital and his brother and father watching him proudly.
It is hard to overcome caring what other people think about you especially when you are young. For Billy he still stayed devoted to ballet despite what others thought about him. He followed his heart and went after his dream. Overall this was an amazing voice and I would highly recommend to anyone for either enjoyment or for learning about dance.