West Side Story (2021)

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.

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

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