West Side Story

The real love story here isn’t Tony and María, it’s Spielberg and the material.

...feels like a rare achievement to even attempt to scale the unscalable and still, after more than half a century, be able to make it sing.

Spielberg’s remake takes off when it dances to its own tune.

Heartfelt and heart-breaking, this feels like Spielberg has made an adaptation faithful to its roots but also, always, alive to the modern world.