Billy Elliot vs Hamlet 2
Billy Elliot has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.9/10 for Hamlet 2). Hamlet 2 is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Billy Elliot is the older of the two (2000 against 2008). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Billy Elliot
Hamlet 2| Billy Elliot | Hamlet 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Daldry | Andrew Fleming |
| Main cast | Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven | Elisabeth Shue, David Arquette, Amy Poehler, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan |
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…
Hamlet 2
Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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