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.
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.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles 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
fresh:
Bale and Menken are literally what make the movie sing.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
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:
Stop the presses! Newsies is the best live-action movie musical since Little Shop of Horrors.