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.
Billy Elliot has generally received very positive reviews.
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Billy Elliot was released in 2000 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 645 reviews, giving Billy Elliot (2000) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 78%.
With a score of 77%, Billy Elliot is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2000 with similar scores include films like American Psycho, The Emperor's New Groove and Cast Away.
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