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Billy Elliot

Dir. Stephen Daldry·2000·1h 51m

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

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Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot (2000)

Stephen Daldry

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1h 51m
Cross-source blend ~78/100

At a glance

Countries

France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Ratings

TMDB users

7.6/10

4,086 votes

IMDb

7.7/10

Users

Critics

85%Rotten Tomatoes

74Metacritic

Rating consensus

78/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

Warm reception overall — weighted ~78/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Jamie Bell

Billy Elliot

Gary Lewis

Jackie Elliot

Julie Walters

Mrs Wilkinson

Jean Heywood

Grandma

Jamie Draven

Tony Elliot

Stuart Wells

Michael Caffrey

Mike Elliot

George Watson

Billy Fane

Mr Braithwaite

Nicola Blackwell

Debbie Wilkinson

Carol McGuigan

Librarian

Joe Renton

Gary Poulson

Colin MacLachlan

Mr Tom Wilkinson

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