The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
Average Review: 7.276/10 (1643 votes)
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Hoopla, MGM Plus
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Scooter Teague, Harvey Evans, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D'Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, Gus Trikonis, Eddie Verso, Jaime Rogers, Larry Roquemore, Robert E. Thompson, Nick Navarro, Rudy Del Campo, Andre Tayir, Yvonne Othon, Suzie Kaye, Martin Abrahams, John Angelo, John Astin, Francesca Bellini, Jacqulin Cole, Roy Goldman, Elaine Joyce, Priscilla Lopez, Lou Ruggiero, Penny Santon, Pat Tribble, Gary Troy, Marni Nixon, Nobuko Miyamoto
Keywords: slum, street gang, love at first sight, showdown, puerto rico, immigrant, highway, forbidden love, musical, rivalry, feud, interracial relationship, based on play or musical, tragic love, attempted rape, policeman, obsessive love, lifting female in air, young love, modern day adaptation, shakespeare in modern dress, romeo & juliet
Triggers
- child abandonment: just through implication
- domestic violence
- restraints
- sexual assault: spoiler: anita is held down and almost raped before doc stops them
- choking
- shaving or cutting
- jumpscares
- mannequins
- flashing lights or images
- hate speech: There is a lot of racist slurs and a few transphobic slurs
- man in a dress jokes: There is a line in the song ‘Gee, Officer Krupke’ which is ‘my sister wears a moustache, my brother wears a dress, goodness gracious that’s why I’m a mess’
- sexual objectification
- sexual content
- male crying ridicule
- sad endings
- car honk / tire screech
- gun violence: Spoiler*
Tony (the lead) is shot and killed at the end of the movie, plus many scenes contain careless handling of a gun.
- blood or gore: there is some blood in the fight scenes
West Side Story
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
Average Review: 7.276/10 (1643 votes)
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Hoopla, MGM Plus
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Scooter Teague, Harvey Evans, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D'Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, Gus Trikonis, Eddie Verso, Jaime Rogers, Larry Roquemore, Robert E. Thompson, Nick Navarro, Rudy Del Campo, Andre Tayir, Yvonne Othon, Suzie Kaye, Martin Abrahams, John Angelo, John Astin, Francesca Bellini, Jacqulin Cole, Roy Goldman, Elaine Joyce, Priscilla Lopez, Lou Ruggiero, Penny Santon, Pat Tribble, Gary Troy, Marni Nixon, Nobuko Miyamoto
Keywords: slum, street gang, love at first sight, showdown, puerto rico, immigrant, highway, forbidden love, musical, rivalry, feud, interracial relationship, based on play or musical, tragic love, attempted rape, policeman, obsessive love, lifting female in air, young love, modern day adaptation, shakespeare in modern dress, romeo & juliet
Triggers
- child abandonment: just through implication - domestic violence - restraints - sexual assault: spoiler: anita is held down and almost raped before doc stops them - choking - shaving or cutting - jumpscares - mannequins - flashing lights or images - hate speech: There is a lot of racist slurs and a few transphobic slurs - man in a dress jokes: There is a line in the song ‘Gee, Officer Krupke’ which is ‘my sister wears a moustache, my brother wears a dress, goodness gracious that’s why I’m a mess’ - sexual objectification - sexual content - male crying ridicule - sad endings - car honk / tire screech - gun violence: Spoiler* Tony (the lead) is shot and killed at the end of the movie, plus many scenes contain careless handling of a gun. - blood or gore: there is some blood in the fight scenes