The Legend of Billie Jean

The Legend of Billie Jean

When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong.

Directed by Matthew Robbins

Produced by TriStar Pictures, Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions

198595 min6.6 / 10

A spirited 1980s coming-of-age action-drama about a teenage girl who becomes an unlikely folk hero while fighting for justice against exploitation and corruption.

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Legend of Billie Jean end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Legend of Billie Jean sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is The Legend of Billie Jean easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Legend of Billie Jean scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Legend of Billie Jean violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love50

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