Director Steven Spielberg. Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, Corey Stoll. 146 min. Musical.
- Watching this, for almost two and a half hours, I waited for the question to be answered: "Why did Spielberg remake West Side Story?" Same music, same setting, same exact story - even supporting-actress-Oscar-winner-for-the-old-movie Rita Moreno is back in a supporting role. Maybe the grandmaster director thought the racial tensions embedded in the story needed a retelling for today's audience. But what I saw, was a filmmaker saying: "I can do a musical too" (even if splendidly done). And considering I fast-forwarded some of the songs in the original 1961 movie ... imagine how it felt watching this in a theater, without the godlike control of a remote.
MoGo's rating: 6/10
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