Saturday, October 23, 2010

West Side Story (1961) - 3 stars

One Sentence Plot Summary: Romeo and Juliet, but with ballet-dancing gangs (no, really).

Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris

Best of: A tremendous score by Leonard Bernstein.

Worst of: Surprisingly weak vocals from the male cast. Apparently, it takes about one second to fall completely in love.

Notable: Many of the vocals are not sung by the actors, but dubbed by professional singers.

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