Director: Stephen Daldry
Publisher: Universal Studios
Actor(s): Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis (III), Jean Heywood
Released: 2001-04-17
Type: DVD
The setting is County Durham, Great Britain, in 1984, and things "up north" are even grimmer than usual: the miners' strike is in full rancorous swing, and 11-year-old Billy's got problems of his own. His dad has scraped together the fees to send him to boxing lessons, but Billy has discovered a different aptitude: a genius for ballet dancing. Enjoyment of life is good. Dance is a magnificent expression of loving life -- all the more so if made a career. Determination overcomes cowardice and irrationality, both within oneself and even, sometimes, in previously irrational people. These are the feelings you are left with at the end of this delightful movie.