About Being Yourself...

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2001)

This is an excellent movie, well, with just one flaw: too many dirty words! Maybe it's just the reality thingy, who knows?
Anyway, this movie is about growing up differently from others. Little Billy finds himself more interested to ballet than boxing, but his family of course are against him.
He finally stands up for himself and believes that he should be himself no matter what people say. Maybe that's why they chose Stephen Gately from Boyzone to sing the theme song...
This movie is also about family values, which makes it quite a moving one. I don't know why it wasn't nominated in Best Picture category for Oscar. It's definitely a Best Picture material because it's better than "Chocolat" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Jamie Bell is great as Billy Elliot and he also should've been nominated for Best Actor because I think he's better than Russell Crowe.
All in all, it's a great movie that deserves an award!