West Side Story (Special Edition) > Reviews

Advantages: great singing and dancing, plenty of extras!
Disadvantages: depending on viewer, could be too long.

West Side Story is without doubt one of the finest musicals ever! A bold statment you might think but let me convince you. From the beginning of the film you are pulled further and further in to the 1950's inner city of New York. Greeted by a gang of all singing, all dancing, disinfected youth. The 'Jets' are a local gang fed up with the increase in immigrants to the neighbourhood and they aren't afraid to voice their opinion. Natalie Wood ... Read review

Advantages: An excellent adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless classic: Romeo and Julliet
Disadvantages: you know what's going to happen, but that's the fun isn't it?!

A fantastic story of love, desire and hate. This electrifying musical sets the timeles tragedy of Romeo and Julliet against a back drop of gang warfare in the slums of 1950's New York. It shows the conflict between two groups of different ethnicity and how the American's fight to keep their territory whereas the Puerto Ricans fight to fit in. Not only does this film portray important issues but also refreshes the memory of the spectacular love story ... Read review