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Dec 10, 2021 · Steven Spielberg’s eloquent and graceful “West Side Story” opens with the familiar image of the Jets prowling across New York City. They toss paint cans to one another, gathering in larger numbers as they slink and slide through the streets.
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story presents a new look at the classic musical that lives up to its beloved forebear -- and in some respects might even surpass it. Read Critics Reviews
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- Musical, Romance
- PG-13
Dec 8, 2021 · Critic’s Pick. ‘West Side Story’ Review: In Love and War, 1957 Might Be Tonight. Steven Spielberg rediscovers the breathing, troubling essence of a classic, building a bold and current ...
A musical in which a modern day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side, two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation...
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- Musical
Dec 9, 2021 · Spielberg and his regular screenwriter of late, the playwright Tony Kushner, give us a tougher, grimier vision of the Upper West Side in the 1950s. We see the working-class neighborhood of San...
Dec 2, 2021 · ‘West Side Story’ Review: Steven Spielberg Gives the Musical Classic a Gritty, Rousing Upgrade. The director makes the 1957 musical his own and stays reverently true to what generations have...
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Mark Johnson Awards Daily. Loaded with innumerable and distinguished songs by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (each one an earworm...
Dec 2, 2021 · Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’: Film Review. The 1957 musical masterwork is sumptuously reimagined, with Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as the young lovers torn apart by a climate of...
Dec 2, 2021 · On top of it all, West Side Story —shot by Spielberg regular Janusz Kaminski—is possibly the most gorgeous-looking film of the year. There are eight million lens flares in the naked city, and...
Dec 10, 2021 · For fans of the classic 1961 filmed version of the stage musical West Side Story, the initial trailers for Steven Spielberg’s 2021 update weren’t necessarily inviting. The first images made...
