i almost make a fool of myself when i be go to start this review by say this movie remind me of billy elliot but then i look up the resume of screenwriter lee hall only to find out that he be the guy who write billy elliot so it mr hall who make a fool of himself not me be i be a bit cruel on him . no because lee have something most other aspire screenwriter from britain do not have he have his foot in the door and he have previously write a successful british movie that win award and make money at the box office and what do he do next . he give the audience more of the same young jimmy spud live on some kitchen sink estate . he be bully at school and no one love him . the only thing keep him go be that he have aspiration to be a ballet dancer . no actually he have aspiration to be an angel but consider his household he may as well be a ballet dancer . he have a macho waster of a father who think ballet dancer be a bunch of poof while his granddad say ballet dancer be as tough a any man you could meet . i remember see the bolshoi ballet . yup ballet be a main talk point on a run down british council estate those day not . come to think of it neither be leave wing politics which seem to be the sole preserve of middle class do gooders who live in nice big house and so right away everything about this set up feel ridiculously false another major criticism be that this be a film that have no clue who it try to appeal to . i have often criticise channel 4 for broadcast movie at totally inappropriate time ( the land that time forget at 6 be for example ) but they show this at 2 be and for once they have get it spot on . consider the story involve politics and ballet dancing ( gawd i hate it ) lung cancer and poverty there no way this can be deem suitable for a family audience but since the main protagonist be an 11 year old child and feature angel and ballet dancer ( don not blame me if i seem obsess with the subject there be no need to refer to them ) there not much here for an intelligent adult audience either . of course if lee hall have be tell at the script development stage by the producer that he should write a story feature a schoolboy and an angel and have flatly refuse say that he want to write about other theme and story then i will apologise but throughout the movie you do get the feeling that once the film be complete it be go to be market to the exact same audience who enjoy billy elliot .