Synopsis
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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Cast
- Ansel ElgortTony
- Rachel ZeglerMaría
- Ariana DeBoseAnita
- David AlvarezBernardo
- Mike FaistRiff
- Brian d'Arcy JamesOfficer Krupke
- Corey StollLieutenant Schrank
- Rita MorenoValentina
- Josh Andrés RiveraChino
- Ana IsabelleRosalía
Recommendations
- 100
Empire
Heartfelt and heart-breaking, this feels like Spielberg has made an adaptation faithful to its roots but also, always, alive to the modern world. - 100
The Guardian
West Side Story is contrived, certainly, a hothouse flower of musical theatre, and Spielberg quite rightly doesn’t try hiding any of those stage origins. His mastery of technique is thrilling; I gave my heart to this poignant American fairytale of doomed love. - 100
The Telegraph
There’s no need for Spielberg and Kushner to tease out topicality here. Aspects of West Side Story feel as pertinent today as they must have done on its 1957 Broadway debut. But relevance is easy: timelessness is the real artistic feat. And Spielberg has magnificently pulled it off. - 95
Slashfilm
Spielberg's West Side Story is a knock-out. A dynamite blend of old-school musical showmanship and modern sensibilities. It's one of the best movies of the year, and one of the best movies of the acclaimed filmmaker's career. Yes, really. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
It feels like a rare achievement to even attempt to scale the unscalable and still, after more than half a century, be able to make it sing. - 90
TheWrap
Spielberg and Kushner clearly revere that history, but they’re also not intimidated by it; there are any number of instances where viewers can point to this song placement or that bit of character backstory as a new idea that the two have brought to the property, but this is a take on “West Side Story” that’s both reverent and exciting. - 90
IGN
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a dazzling complementary piece to the original. - 80
Arizona Republic
West Side Story is timeless, because of the source material. Tragic romances never go out of style. Spielberg’s version successfully makes the classic contemporary.
