Billy Elliot
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Billy Elliot

2000Movie1 h 51 minPG-134 awards

ComedyDrama
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic747.8Rotten Tomatoes85%89%
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic747.8Rotten Tomatoes85%89%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Skip it if

  • You want dark or edgy material

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Lifts you up.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Gives you goosebumps.
  • Warms you up.

Not for scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Song of Many EmotionsRare · in 9 titles"Electricity", the peak of the musical.Parental Love Songin 64 titles"He Could Be A Star", in which Billy's father is ready to go against his ideals and what he fought for during over a year, for the sake of his beloved son, much to his elder's initial anger.All 59 tropes

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