Beautiful and truly emotional

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2018)

Rewatched this yesterday after not having seen it for years. Such a beautiful story with so many elements. I'm not a crier during films, but this has some very gripping moments.
Of course, Billy is played very well by Jamie Bell. But I also want to highlight the father, struggling to raise his boys in a tough environment and having lost his wife.
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My most emotional moments were when he had to burn his wife's piano, when he decided to go back to work, when he went to the pawn shop. Oh, and when he caught his son going to a riot and realised what it all had come to and he couldn't stop him. What a tough life! So well played.
Grandma gave the film some air and funny moments. And Billy himself of course.
Just a beautiful film.