spencieboi West Side Story is the most overrated movie in history. It's cheesy, unromantic and messy. There are several stories and only one is interesting. The characters are poorly developed and rather annoying. Yes, this movie is well directed and grand, but that's it. The movie is long, boring and uninteresting. I was begging for the movie to end.

janiceferrero This masterpiece is already 56 years old and as it happens with masterpieces, it has kept intact all of its energy all of its power and it remains a mind blowing novelty. "Singin'n'the Rain" has those qualities but the setting is a natural for the infections musical numbers. In "West Side Story" we visit Romeo And Juliet in New York among feuding street gangs. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins create an experience for the ages. Natalie Wood is devastatingly gorgeous and even if the singing voice is not hers she manages to make it hers. The blandness of Richard Beymer works wonders for his Tony and Russ Tamblyn is a dynamo of youthful exuberance. But perhaps, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris steal the limelight. They are spectacular - As Oscar time they won Oscars over Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift in "Judgement At Nuremberg" To conclude let me reiterate "West Side Story" is a film to visit and revisit.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Don't fight never with the facts....when l watched this movie not entirely in 1991 l was bored with openings scenes and turn-off the TV giving a low grade to this picture,but watching the entire movie l changed my opinion,this a refreshing Romeo and Juliet tale. Settled in New York's West Side two juvenile gangs fight each other for supremacy,Jets are white native people and the Sharks are outsiders from Porto Rico....but when Tony as Jet's member falling in love to Maria who is brother of Shark's gang leader the hating is now impossible to stop....all dancing scenes are original even the ending credits is placed in unusual way....one's best musicals ever made 10 Oscar answered for me!!

Smoreni Zmaj This movie drives me crazy. I barely forced myself to see it through because it is extremely annoyingly done and I rate such movies with 2/10 (1/10 is for those I gave up on), but when it finally ended I was under such amazing impression that I wanted to give it 10/10.Story is inspired by Romeo and Juliet, but placed in NY in the mid 20th century, where two members of opponent teenage gangs fall in love. Acting, directing and music are great. Movie is extremely emotional and possess strength and atmosphere of a theater. It has all prerequisites for excellency. And it won 10 Oscars. But...Everything in this movie is overemphasized and I hate that. However, if I observe it as theater on canvas I can get over it.Movie starts with instrumental intro with frozen screen. It lasts around 5 minutes. At first I thought my movie player was stuck, then I tried to find another version online and I almost gave up on watching this movie when I finally realized it is supposed to be that way. Why would anyone do such thing I really have no idea and that's first minus.It's damn musical. And one of those needlessly stretched to two and a half hours by completely redundant musical numbers. First half of the movie is almost unwatchable and I was at the edge of giving up several times. But curiosity about how will story go kept me going on. Story is great and some musical numbers tell parts of the story, but good part of them just have no purpose in the movie. They are just for enjoying music and to double length of the film. That's second minus.Just when I decided to stick it out or simply fast forward redundant parts and watch this movie till the end ultimate deal breaker happened that left me shocked. Scene where two gangs are closing to "battle field" and mass brawl/rumble itself are shown in the form of ballet. BALLET?! Even if I didn't hate ballet, which I really do, I mean, really ?! Teenage mass fight as ballet... wtf?! The ultimately stupidest thing I saw on big screen. Instant embarrassment transfer. Huge minus, I mean really really big.And then, in the middle of the movie there's one more musical intermezzo with frozen screen. That was too much for my nerves and I turned it off.But, later it bothered me how the story ends and I decided to see other half too the very next day. Second half had more story and action and less redundancy and musical numbers are structural part of the plot. And ending made me cry. And how should I rate it now...8/10Natalie Wood is so beautiful in this movie. Like an angel <3