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West Side Story (2021)
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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4.3 / 5
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Daleyna
December 27, 2021
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‘West Side Story’ (2021) Improves on and Is Limited by the Original
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021) is a visual masterpiece starring a talented and colorful cast with improved Latine representation from the original version. Although the film seeks to improve the source material—and in some ways, does so successfully—it is also limited by its predecessor. Spoilers ahead.
Let’s get this out of the way first: the sexual assualt allegations against Ansel Elgort are a massive stain on this movie. The film had already wrapped in 2019 before the first allegation was made in 2020. I’m not sure what they could have done to fix this. Studios can’t feasibly scrap or refilm an entire movie they’ve spent millions of dollars making with such a large cast, even when the lead has allegations like this against them; just look at Death on the Nile.
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Movie Information
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama, Romance, Crime
Directed By:Steven Spielberg
Written By:Tony Kushner
In Theaters:12/10/2021
Box Office:$76,016,171
Runtime:156 minutes
Studio:20th Century Studios, Amblin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Cast
Steven Spielberg
Director
Steven Spielberg
Director
Ansel Elgort
Tony
Rachel Zegler
María
Ariana DeBose
Anita
David Alvarez
Bernardo
Mike Faist
Riff
Brian d'Arcy James
Officer Krupke
Corey Stoll
Lieutenant Schrank
Rita Moreno
Valentina
Josh Rivera
Chino
Ana Isabelle
Rosalía
Ilda Mason
Luz