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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 02 Dec 2021

This, possibly, is the best kind of movie, the stealth achievement that has been hiding in plain sight all along…

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By Siddhant Adlakha (174) for IGN (1,013) on 02 Dec 2021

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a dazzling complementary piece to the original…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Dec 2021

Spielberg and Kushner clearly revere that history, but they’re also not intimidated by it; there are any number of instances where viewers…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 02 Dec 2021

This West Side Story succeeds most as a revival not just of Robbins’ musical but of the best of classical, studio-made, big-screen cinema…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 02 Dec 2021

And the 89-year-old Moreno, creating an effortless bridge between this movie and the previous one, gives us a gift late in the film that had…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Dec 2021

With outstanding performances from newcomer Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose, Spielberg’s take doesn't stray too far from the original 1957…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 02 Dec 2021

It’s a wonderful musical, and an unabashed Steven Spielberg movie…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 02 Dec 2021

Spielberg’s movie may be rougher, grittier, more lived-in and, in terms of cultural representation, more truthful than its 1961 cinematic…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 02 Dec 2021

This new take on the material is more sinewy and sensual…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 02 Dec 2021

A solidly entertaining remake peppered with a few transcendent moments, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story emphasises the musical’s most…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Dec 2021

There are scenes in Spielberg’s version that will melt you, scenes that will make your pulse race, and scenes where you simply sit back and…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 02 Dec 2021

West Side Story is timeless, because of the source material. Tragic romances never go out of style…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Dec 2021

The whole thing moves like a freight train, its 156 minutes passing in barely a breath, and that breakneck pace, combined with the expressionist…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 02 Dec 2021

It’s the ensemble that wows most, though. Faist makes an unusually spindly Riff, yet he is scarier than any I’ve seen…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 02 Dec 2021

It’s a good film…

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By Dan Rubins (25) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Dec 2021

Steven Spielberg's West Side Story is at its best when it zooms in and settles down into character study…

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By Clarisse Loughrey (259) for The Independent (259) on 02 Dec 2021

All those technical triumphs only complicate what feels like an unanswerable question: how can a film look this good, feel so moving, and still…

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By Matt Maytum (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 02 Dec 2021

Spielberg lovingly restages the classic musical – but while the songs still soar, it feels more indulgent than essential…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 02 Dec 2021

West Side Story is visually entrancing, emotional, and the choreography and staging magnetic even when certain aspects of the story don’t…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 02 Dec 2021

It’s a rare, backwards looking misfire for this director who has always been at the vanguard of cinematic innovation…

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