The music is divine, the cast is talented, Spielberg directs with a lot of pep. It didn't crack it for me. I couldn't put my finger on it. Too attached to the original? Did I miss Natalie Wood? Did the fact it was filmed closer to the time when it was set give the original more authenticity, regardless of the casting? The dancers in the old one had Jerome Robbins there - it was better.
Some changes. They were fine. Nothing major. Tony Kuchner is a major writer but didn't he just shuffle things around? The two leads were fine. So too the support. It's hard to miss with those songs. Decent ending.
I' m not very enthusiastic I know but I respected it more than like it.
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