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Billy Elliot (2000)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.8
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Overview

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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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's left-leaning rating is primarily driven by its backdrop of the 1984 miners' strike, highlighting class struggle and the plight of the working class, alongside its central narrative of challenging rigid gender norms through Billy's pursuit of ballet. It champions individual self-expression against societal and economic constraints.

The movie features a primarily traditional cast, reflecting its specific setting and time period without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative subtly critiques rigid gender roles and societal expectations within a working-class community, focusing on an individual's pursuit of self-expression, rather than explicitly portraying traditional identities negatively.

Secondary

The film features Michael, Billy's gender non-conforming best friend, whose identity is portrayed with empathy and acceptance. Despite an unreciprocated romantic gesture, their friendship endures. The narrative concludes with an adult Michael living authentically and happily, contributing to a net positive depiction of LGBTQ+ themes.

Billy Elliot primarily explores themes of pursuing one's passion against societal expectations, class struggle, and family dynamics. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it delve into gender identity beyond gender non-conformity in a secondary character.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Billy Elliot is an original story with characters created specifically for the film. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which any character's gender could have been swapped.

Billy Elliot is an original film from 2000, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. There are no prior canonical or historical versions of its characters to establish their race before this film's creation. Therefore, no character could have been race-swapped.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.7
The Movie Database logo
7.6

Critic Ratings

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8.5
Metacritic logo
7.4

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