| Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 10, 1992 |
Starring:
Christian Bale
Summary:
In 1899 Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Bale) organizes a newsboys' strike after Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raised the wholesale price on newspapers.
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A rousing, eye-filling, song-and-dance period musical spectacular that - despite a certain inability to decide whether it wants to be a kids' movie or "Les Miserables" - is a surprisingly enjoyable and entertaining throwback to the great movie musical style of the '40s and '50s. [10 Apr 1992]
A quite competent and energetic effort that uses live actors. [10 Apr 1992]
It's mostly entertaining, and has some strong moments, but it lacks the special magic that a musical needs, that sense of its inhabiting a parallel universe where any wonderful thing can happen at any moment, including music suddenly arising from nowhere. [10 Apr 1992]
As much as the film may try to peddle warmth and solidarity, it remains disturbingly cold and impersonal, limited by the formulaic writing of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White and stymied by Ortega's apparent distance from his cast. [10 Apr 1992]
Newsies is a live-action musical, but it's only barely alive. Call it "Snoozies." [10 Apr 1992]
Jul 5, 2008
Newsies is a classic Disney family movie. Never mind what the "critics" say about this film. Ortega was not trying to win an Oscar, he was trying to make a good old-fashioned musical we could have fun watching, and he succeeded.
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Feb 16, 2011
Great story (even if it was loosely based on actual facts). It was fun to watch and the singing and dancing sticks with you. You can't help but love this movie!!!
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Mar 10, 2014
Newsies is a hit Broadway musical with very good production value. The movie, however, scores a bit lower. The cinematography is a bit iffy, and the casting is questionable. But, still an okay movie.
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Mar 11, 2021
La trama es buena y la música es decente; sin embargo, siento que pudo haber tenido una duración más corta.
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