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Beginning with an exuberant title sequence, this charming, offbeat, coming-of-age fable revolves around Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell), the younger of two sons of a widower coal miner (Gary Lewis) arrive Newcastle in Northern England. It’s 1984, and the National Union of Mine Workers is engaged in a long, bitter strike, marked by street battles with riot police and protests against the busloads of scabs crossing the picket lines.
Following the family tradition, Billy is expected to learn boxing at the Everington Boys Club where, instead, the 11 year-old becomes enthralled by the girls’ dancing class, led by a chain-smoking teacher (Julie Walters) who soon recognizes his raw talent. He loves watching Fred Astaire in primitive movies and is instantly drawn towards the ballet class, but when his macho father and rabble-rousing brother (Jamie Draven) explore he’s taking ballet classes, they ridicule Billy - “Lads do boxing and football and wrestling, not friggin’ ballet!” - forcing him to veil his slippers under the mattress and sneak off to class. Then approach the auditions for the Royal Ballet School and Billy’s defiantly glad, foot-stompin’ “I Want to Boogie” sequence.
What makes this heartfelt English import such a gem is the collaboration of screenwriter Lee Hall, cinematographer Brian Tufano (”Trainspotting”) and conventional stage director Stephen Daldry (”An Inspector Calls”), who - despite the simplistic predictability of the position - beget eccentric, lovable characters and evocative imagery. One haunting sequences focuses on a shrimp neighborhood girl dragging a stick along a brick wall, which dissolves into a phalanx of plastic police shields. Another involves the father grimly chopping up Billy’s mother’s beloved piano for needed firewood. While some of the authentic, heavily accented dialogue may be indecipherable to some, the musical soundtrack, combining classical and pop, is terrific.
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In the title role, newcomer Jamie Bell embodies awkward determination, juggling grim reality with a surreal fantasy world, explaining, “Unbiased because I like ballet doesn’t mean I’m a pouf!” As Billy’s father, Gary Lewis (”My Name is Joe”) is tough-yet-tender, and Julie Walters (”Educating Rita”) scores as Billy’s crusty yet compassionate teacher. (”I feel like a sissy,” Billy tells her. “Well, don’t act like one,” she retorts.) Jamie Draven and Stuart Wells lend strong help. Jean Heywood is touching as Billy’s senile grandmother, whom he tenderly cares for and who repeatedly recalls, “I could have been a professional dancer.”
While the bleak setting, in the 1984 miners’ strike in northeastern England, is reminiscent of “The Beefy Monty,” the energetic mood evokes “Flashdance” - and it was a bit hit at both the Toronto and Cannes Film Festivals. On the `Lund Movie Scale’ of 1 to 10, “Billy Elliot” is an exhilarating 9. Combining comedy and poignancy, it’s all about being able to converse yourself.
If you treasure intimate, entertaining character films like Cinema Paradiso, you will admire savor admire Billy Elliot. A little, rousing British film with cleverly written characters, this movie is both sentimental and expertly crafted. The performances, particularly from Julie Walters as the dance instructor, and that winsome, uncomfortable but excpetionally gifted boy as Billy, will truly hold your heart. The simple premise is instantly grabbing — an artistic boy, only 11, is unfortunately the most forgotten element in a fractured, sunless microscopic family, which includes a pre-Alzheimer’s grandmother, an excited older brother and a defeated, unlit and tense father. While Dad and bro are on strike, money is tight - the year is 1984 at the height of British strike/tensions. Billy is sent to boxing lessons, where, by happenstance, he discovers a good vent for his budding creativity — and especially his joy in dancing. Filled with infectiously consuming pop and light-classical music, this film is fragment Rocky, fragment Hollywood musical, portion Flashdance and allotment Cinema Paradiso. The chance that these disparate, unlikely approaches might actually add up to something compelling are unlikely, but you must experience this movie to understand how curious, bewitching and intensely gratifying it can be. Painted in fearless, creative colors and shot with a springy exuberance, Billy Elliot is terrific.
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