Billy Elliot vs Bo Burnham: Make Happy
Bo Burnham: Make Happy has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.6/10 for Billy Elliot). Bo Burnham: Make Happy is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 50m. Billy Elliot is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Billy Elliot | Bo Burnham: Make Happy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Daldry | Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer |
| Main cast | Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven | Lorene Scafaria, Bo Burnham |
Synopsis
Billy Elliot
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…
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.
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