Loved it!!

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2003)

I decided to rent this movie because the previews looked convincing. I went to the local blockbuster and rented it and i must say it was one of the best movies I'd seen. This is a British story of an 11 year old boy, Billy(brilliantly played by Jamie Bell)who's life is taking dramatic turns(his mom just died, his older brother constantly picks on him, his unemployed father is mean to him and pretty much ignores him and Billy has to take care of his old and very sick grandmother)If that doesn't sound bad enough, Billy dreams of becoming a ballet dancer but is afraid that everyone is going to think he's gay. He meets and befriends the local dance teacher who teaches ballet next door to Billy's boxing classes. The dance teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson(another beautiful performance by Julie Walters) notices Billy's talent of dance and encourages him as much as she can and even goes out of her way to give Billy private dancing lessons. Although there were some points in the private lessons where I thought Billy and Mrs. Wilkinson were going to have sexual incounters however, it just turned out that Mrs. Wilkinson was trying to be a mother figure for Billy. With a lot of help from Mrs. Wilkinson and Billy's own inner strength to persue his dream, this movie has a great ending.
This movie teaches to never give up on your dream no matter who stands in the way. Ten stars all the way!!!