West Side Story

Steven Spielbergs take on West Side Story is his best film since Munich, and the 4K transfer is an early contender for the best-looking home video release of the year.

Think about the efforts here to extend that prologue and showcase the grittiness of the streets... Neighborhoods aren't neglected, they are being demolished which underscores the irony of these gangs fighting when they have so much in common.

Yes, the plot is still kind of risible, but I left the theater teary-eyed.

Steven Spielberg's sweeping take on the tragic Romeo and Juliette tale dazzles the senses...

West Side Story's dazzling dance routines are fit for the big screen.

Everything here has been turned up to 11, and you can really feel it -- even in numbers that we've heard a thousand times before.

A prime example of how to go about remaking a classic. It's a shame that the filmmaking itself never reaches the ecstatic heights of the original.

Steven Spielbergs WEST SIDE STORY is pure classic Hollywood musical magic. Spectacular emotional filmmaking that almost completely blew me away.

More importantly, every decision Spielberg has made to open the film into the city streets works magnificently in this last-gasp movie of joyous urban life, all of it perfectly executed and choreographed with great verve and beauty...

"West Side Story has vigor, which for Spielberg is more valuable than flair, and it helps you ignore how pre-ordained this epic can often seem in its telling.