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Video Review – Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a delight, even with its cringe story

December 4, 2021 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story…

This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at the center of the piece.

Critic EJ Moreno holds nothing back in his review of the film. Watch it below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and other video content…

SEE ALSO: Read our written review of West Side Story here

An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love and tensions between rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, on the streets of 1957 New York.

West Side Story features a cast that includes Ansel Elgort (Tony), Rachel Zegler (Maria), Ezra Menas (Anybodys), Ben Cook (Mouthpiece), Sean Harrison Jones (Action), Mike Faist (Riff), Patrick Higgins (Baby John), David Alvarez (Bernardo), Julius Anthony Rubio (Quique), Ricardo Zayas (Chago), Josh Andrés Rivera (Chino), Sebastian Serra (Braulio), Carlos Sánchez Falú (Pipo), Ariana DeBose (Anita), Ana Isabelle (Rosalia), Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank), Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke), Curtiss Cook (Abe), and Rita Moreno (Valentina).

West Side Story dances onto cinema screens on December 10th, 2021.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Ana Isabelle, Andrea Burns, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Brian d'arcy James, Carlos Sanchez, Corey Stoll, Curtiss Cook, David Alvarez, Falú Jamila Velazquez, Iris Menas, Jamie Harris, Josh Andres Rivera, Julius Anthony Rubio, Kyle Allen, Maddie Ziegler, Mike Faist, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Patrick Higgins, Rachel Zegler, Ricardo Zayas, Rita Moreno, Sean Harrison Jones, Sebastian Serra, Steven Spielberg, Talia Ryder, west side story

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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