Newsies

Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 10, 1992

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Ratings

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JoeJul 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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llllllFeb 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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DawdlingPoetSep 17, 2022

I quite enjoyed this. yes its cheesy and perhaps a bit predictable but its also entertaining, with some nice musical numbers and the accents did make me smirk a bit. There's a good young cast present - I suppose it made me think a little ofI quite enjoyed this. yes its cheesy and perhaps a bit predictable but its also entertaining, with some nice musical numbers and the accents did make me smirk a bit. There's a good young cast present - I suppose it made me think a little of the Bugsy Malone film featuring children in the cast, although there's no real violence depicted here, via whipped cream cakes or otherwise (If you've seen Bugsy Malone, you'll know what I mean). It's interesting to see Christian Bale as somewhat of a youngster in such a film - I can't say I ever thought I'd see him in a musical but there you go.… Expand

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