Billy Elliot

We picked this movie up at the library after hearing Bill Cutrer quote from time to time: "Ballet is for poofs." After watching it, I hate to break it to him, but no where in the movie was that line quoted. The closest I could find was the line shown below.

Anyway, the movie was fairly funny, but was set in a difficult time, which was reflected in Billy's upbringing. His desire to dance was one of the few up-lifting aspects of the movie. The setting is Northern England during the longest miner's strike in British history, due to government involvement and essentially ended mining in England. It also earned it's R-rating with exhaustive use of the F-word. Rumor is that there is a PG-13 version available and would highly recommend that. Overall a good story and makes one want to speak with a British accent.

Movie Details
Actors: Jamie Bell

Release Date: 29 September 2000
Rating: R
Length: 111 minutes
Websites: Official, IMDB

Memorable Quotes:
"Just because I like ballet doesn't mean I'm a poof, you know." --Billy