It is a great movie ... in parts.
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04/09/04
West Side Story (1961)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:45
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: Buoyed by Robert Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, West Side Story remains perhaps the most iconic of all the Shakespeare adaptations to visit the big screen.
Theatrical Release:26-08-2005
Synopsis: Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.... [More]
Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn
Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Reviews for West Side Story
Top Critic
The marvel is that the film still works so well.
02/04/04
The music is great. The acting is so-so.
01/20/04
This Spanish Harlem Romeo and Juliet tale is one for the ages.
10/01/03
No review available.
08/22/03
The Full Meal Deal – a movie so strong in so many different areas that it’s impossible to argue with the ‘all-time classic’ label that it’s been given.
08/04/03
A beautiful blend of inventive staging, great music and gritty story.
07/06/03
What they have done with West Side Story in knocking it down and moving it from stage to screen is to reconstruct its fine material into nothing short of a cinema masterpiece.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Technically faultless and a surprisingly pointed introduction to the "medium cool" films of the 1960's.
03/24/03
Bernstein's score is remarkably resilient, and the plot and characters are obviously timeless.
03/16/03
the aforementioned musical numbers have become showtune standards
03/09/03
Musicals simply don't get any better than this.
01/14/03
Few movies are as universally addictive for foot-tapping and wrist-snapping as "West Side Story."
01/09/03
No review available.
10/15/02
No review available.
10/11/02
From start to end, I was dazzled by West Side Story, which blends somber social drama, flashy musical numbers and the most timeless of love stories, Romeo & Juliet.
09/10/02
No review available.
07/26/02
No review available.
07/26/02
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