West Side Story (1961)
Genre: Music / Romance
Duration: 152 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Stars: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer and Russ Tamblyn
IMDb score:
7,6 (127.834)
Releasedate: 13 December 1961
West Side Story plot
"The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures."
A musical based on the famous Romeo and Juliet story. In New York where rival street gangs the Jets and Sharks compete for territory and respect, Jets leader Tony and Maria, the Sharks leader's sister, fall in love. Their love is doomed to fail.
Actors and actresses
Maria
Tony
Anita
Bernardo
Riff
Lieutenant Schrank
Doc
Officer Krupke
Ice
Action
Reviews & comments
eRCee
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- 13453 messages
- 1981 votes
Like many, I belong to the film buffs who say/think they don't like musicals, but if I think about it like this, there are actually quite a lot that I appreciate (Dancer in the dark first, but also [ i]My fair lady[/i], Les umbrellaies de Cherbourg, Moulin Rouge! and even The sound of music). West side story is one of the very best in the genre, especially thanks to the great sets and the compelling music. Although the vocals themselves and the acting are not left, the instrumental and choreography is simply rammed and the camera work and use of color are also nice. All things considered, musicals pay more attention to strong stylization in line with content than the average Hollywood production, which perhaps explains my sneaky appreciation for this genre. Irresistible movie.
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mrklm
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- 12190 messages
- 10362 votes
This modernized version of 'Romeo & Juliet' is one of the most overrated musicals of all time. Wood provides Maria with a dose of spice and the energetic contributions of Rita Moreno and the acrobatic Russ Tamblyn are pluses, as is the way the choreography expresses the personality of the characters. But Beymer is colorless like Tony and the songs are often superfluous and annoying. "America" and "Gee, Officer Krupke" are fine, but the endless "Maria, Maria MarIIII-AAAA" is considerably less good for me. And given the wafer-thin story, it all takes way too long.
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