Making his directorial bow, choreographer Kenny Ortega strains valiantly to breathe life into this misguided musical.
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03/09/09
Newsies (1992)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:7
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: The 1899 New York newsboys' strike is the subject of this full-scale musical set against a stylized backdrop depicting turn-of-the-century New York City. In a series of rousing song and dance... [More]
Starring: Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Michael Lerner, Kevin Tighe
Director: Kenny Ortega
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Reviews for Newsies
Pretty much "sucksies."
09/18/03
No review available.
07/02/04
People need heroes and uplifting tales, I suppose, but why alter history to give them to the masses?
01/19/02
It looks like its own rehearsal -- an early one at that.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
08/21/05
Its intentions seem fairly modest, and so are its achievements. It's a modestly enjoyable diversion.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis film's real trouble lies in its joyless, pointless execution.
05/20/03
Top CriticLooks exactly like what it is, a spectacularly bad idea.
07/26/02
No review available.
07/08/04
No review available.
07/26/02
Although the material does indeed involve young protagonists, no effort is made to show their lives in a way today's kids can identify with. This movie must seem as odd to them as a foreign film.
01/01/00
Top CriticOverdone, splashy period Disney musical.
05/28/05
The writers have created cardboard cutouts instead of flesh-and-blood characters.
12/11/08
If the crick in my neck is any indication, I watched Kenny Ortega's Newsies like a dog hears a new sound. Most probably, my eyebrow was also arched.
03/04/02
If there were 10 other musicals in the past few years for comparison, I'm not sure where Newsies would place. But as it is, this is the only game in town — and it's quite entertaining most of the way.
01/01/00
It's a bit of a throwback and a solid family film and, at the time, represented a well-intentioned leap of faith of the sort that studios rarely take.
06/10/08
Top CriticIf you have a soft spot for feisty, back-talking bambini with cute squints, backwards caps and names like Crutchy, Dutchy and Bumlets, your heart will melt.
01/26/06
This is primarily a children's movie and I have a hard time working up much rancor against a movie as campily perverse as this one is. I sat through the whole thing in open-mouthed wonder.
01/01/00
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