West Side Story

This movie ends with Tony, the leading male character, being shot to death -- not an appropriate ending for a Broadway musical.

Great Watch! Great direction!

The original is a classic and it is always dangerous to remake a classic. This one pulls is off and probably surpasses the original.

Hands down best version of this story. Far better than the older version.

It was depressing. I’ll never get that time back. About as cheerful as Schindler’s List.

I was skeptical before watching this because the original is such a classic, but Spielberg has kept all the charm of the original while bringing out deeper storylines for each of the characters and more reality to their situations. The story is very heartbreaking obviously, and this interpretation doesn’t shy away from the edge and the tension. Gustavo Dudamel, the NY Philharmonic, and LA Philharmonic are flawless as usual, and I was pleasantly surprised by the vocal performances from all the lead actors, especially Rachel Ziegler as Maria. Everything about the I Feel Pretty scene was perfect. The A Boy Like That/I Have A Love scene also was very beautiful and emotional. 10/10 would recommend

the original was one of the most racist movies in american history. there was no reason for this reboot.

i love this movie best musical

No, but if you did, you couldn’t ask for more than this rendering. Enjoy.

Oh, Steven… what have you done - or rather UNdone? I’m bitterly disappointed after finally seeing this in a theater last night. The FIRST THIRD of this movie was fantastic. “Tonight” was really good, however, none of the musical numbers match the original. It rapidly devolved into a clustercopulation of EDITED musical performances and a TON of revisionist ADDED rambling pointless irrelevant nonsensical dialogue with ZERO coherence to the iconic Stage & Screen musical numbers and your interest begins to wane fast. That devolution begins with “Dear Officer Krupke” inside a temporarily ABANDONED (for the length of the soulless performance) police station. Huh!? I forgave that, but it got WORSE. To add insult to injury, the UNforgivable rewriting of the setting and timeline of one of the most intense numbers, “Cool” with Tony and Riff fighting EACH OTHER over a damned .22 Colt REVOLVER!! WTF⁉️Seriously? The touching “One Hand, One Heart” is thrown into a NYC museum darkened room. Oh vey! Then, they utterly DESTROYED the ‘brotherly’ chemistry between Tony and Riff and did it so badly that the convoluted rumble scene in SALT PILES (huh!?) and resulting tragedies seem ANTICLIMACTIC. Not only that, you LOSE empathy for Tony! ¡Díos mio! The cleaning factory-set “I Feel Pretty” seems so out of place and mind-numbing. Poor Maria now gets thrown under a bus. The ‘reimagined’ legendary ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (THEME/point of the movie) song “Somewhere” with Rita Moreno as Valentina (Doc’s Puerto Rican ‘widow’ or wife running his drugstore - never explained) ‘singing’ it rather than Tony & Maria as a soul-stirring duet, make both Tony AND Maria almost completely irrelevant. Btw, slight spoiler… instead of “Somewhere” at the end… the ENTIRE REASON for the play/film and point of their misfit forbidden love, “Tonight” is sung. Say it ain’t so, Leonard Bernstein. The walkoff without cops on scene is beyond unbelievable and impotently lame. Sure, Spielberg highlighted current and past societal injustices, but they seemed completely pedantic, heavy-handed and dare I say ‘woke’ (I hate that term) as being forced into professorial lectures. Honestly, this is probably one of Steven Spielberg’s WORST films, possibly topping “1941” if that’s possible. If you’ve already seen the original, I highly suggest you AVOID viewing this version. I can’t even imagine owning it or its edited soulless soundtrack as it leaves such a stench and distaste in your senses that by midway through the film, you’re slinking and sliding in your seat to crawl for the exit. I kept rechecking my Apple Watch after an hour. So bitterly and disgustingly disappointed. This was a worse musical film adaptation than “A Chorus Line.” Avoid! 3/10 stars for production, decent acting and the first 50 minutes, which does not a complete movie make, but is made into a COMPLETE DISASTER.💔