A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
Stop the presses! Newsies is the best live-action movie musical since Little Shop of Horrors.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 May 2013
fresh:
Despite Newsies' many flaws, it's bracing to see Disney attempt a PG movie about something as meaty as labor relations. Would that every strike be resolved with so little bloodshed and so many songs.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
20 May 2013
fresh:
Bale and Menken are literally what make the movie sing.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
20 May 2013
fresh:
A Disney musical with an undistinguished score, fair to middling choreography, and clunky direction that still manages to be entertaining in spots because of its story.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
20 May 2013
rotten:
Certain movies engage your affections so strongly that, even if they start to fall apart, you tend to keep rooting for them. That's pretty much the case with Newsies.