This one rang hollow for me. The teenage awkwardness captured on film often verges on too raw to observe. Billy seems a lovely, gentle soul but he hardly captivated me. His personal history is tragic and he does ultimately rise above, but the film does not abound with triumph. Billy is the prototypical awkward high school, here given a microphone and told to wax philosophical. If this sounds fascinating, then by all means watch "Billy the Kid" and share some time with this different dude.
Written 1/25/10
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