Billy Elliot is not a masterpiece, but it is a work, in the first place, driven by considerable feeling.

| Mar 5, 2021

Take a twirl with Billy and you won't be disappointed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2020

Billy Elliot almost always makes the wrong choice, for the saccharine over the convincing.

| Mar 19, 2019

It's as raw a slice of escapism as you could wish for.

| Nov 15, 2017

Terrific story of young ballet dancer has strong language.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010

The film about atypical artistic pursuits in a blue-collar community that "The Full Monty" sought to be. Peter Darling's choreography dexterously captures the defiance in the dancing - rage against economical and emotional repression in a motherless home.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2010

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 8, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

When sticking with Billy and his inspirational story, director Stephen Daldry hits all the right steps.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 14, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Daldry coaches an astonishing performance from Bell.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

| Original Score: D+ | Jan 10, 2003

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 30, 2002

The story is familiar, to be sure, but director Stephen Daldry and writer Lee Hall tell it so persuasively it's irresistible, and the movie's score of vintage T. Rex classics could do for glam-rock what "The Full Monty" did for disco.

| Jun 15, 2002

Billy Elliot earns every one of its sentiments and emotions without getting overly manipulative or preachy

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 19, 2002