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West Side Story

The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.

1961 · 2h 33m · Approved Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by Jerome Robbins , Robert Wise

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Overview

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.

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92%
Tomatometer
Fresh

West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for future musical presentations.

Whitney Willaims, Variety
Fresh

Decent 1961 adaptation of the Bernstein-Robbins musical, if you can handle Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in the leads.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

How does the film -- which won ten Oscars on its 1961 release -- stand up now? Very well indeed.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

It is a great movie ... in parts.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

The marvel is that the film still works so well.

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

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