T.REX Rocks!!!

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2001)

"Billy Elliot" plays like a cross between "The Full Monty" and "Saturday Night Fever" for kids. There's nothing really unique or special about this film except for one thing...the wonderful music of the late, great Marc 'T.REX' Bolan! (Notice my on-line name?) Just to hear five...FIVE songs of Bolan's in a movie was great joy. When "Get it On" came on...I almost cried! You see, Marc Bolan has been my only favorite musician for eight years now and I'm one of the few in the U.S. who knows anything more about him than "Get it On"! I have no complaints about this movie, like "The Full Monty" it's a little British film with great heart and care, well executed and Jamie Bell is a wonderful find, (please don't disappear from us, Jamie!). But it just doesn't do anything I haven't seen before. Still, I recommend this film , especially for kids, (don't be afraid of the 'R' rating parents-it's nothing your kids haven't heard before!) Thank you Mr. Dahldry!
"I love to boogie...on a Saturday night!" :)
Final rating: 8/10 (Only a 6/10 if it wasn't for the T.Rex music).