Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' - The Reviews Are In!

The movie currently has a 93% Fresh rating on RottenTomatoes, with a 97% Audience Score.

The Chicago Tribune gave it three and a half out of four stars, writing: “Whatever this new adaptation’s popular reception, it’s five times the movie the ’61 movie was.”

The Boston Globe gave it three and a half out of four stars, writing: “There have been countless iterations of this masterwork (it was revived again on Broadway as recently as last year), but Spielberg and Kushner enable us to see it with new eyes.”

The New York Times wrote that the film “reaffirms its indelible appeal while making it feel bold, surprising and new.”

The New Yorker wrote: “Spielberg‘s panache and command are evident in every nook of this handsome film. Yet somehow it feels dutiful, and the duty weighs it down.”

ABC News wrote: “Is it sacrilege for Spielberg to re-imagine this 1961 musical classic? Not when it’s this thrilling. Not when two new stars-Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose- get to share the screen with the legendary Rita Moreno. Then Spielberg sets the screen ablaze.”