Review of West Side Story (1961) by Philip K. Scheuer for Los Angeles Times — 10 Feb 1971
I daresay most spectators will also find the pull of this film irresistible. The — hardest — problem faced by its adapters must have been one of intangibles — how to make an essentially ballet-opera form believable as realistic cinema — and they have all but licked it.
West Side Story never quite shakes off an aura of pretentiousness but its portentousness is stronger and that is all to the good.
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This review of West Side Story (1961) was written by Philip K. Scheuer and published by Los Angeles Times on 10 Feb 1971.
West Side Story has generally received very positive reviews.
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