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West Side Story
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of...
Crime, Drama, Romance - 1961
7.5
93%
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In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

Details

Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
152 min
Release date:
13 Dec 1961
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$43,656,822
Awards:
Won 10 Oscars. 28 wins & 10 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The marvel is that the film still works so well.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb 2004
fresh:
It is a great movie ... in parts.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
9 Apr 2004
fresh:
How does the film -- which won ten Oscars on its 1961 release -- stand up now? Very well indeed.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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,
9 Feb 2007
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,
20 Feb 2013
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