Holly Robinson

This was my favorite musical when I was a very small child. I would sing all the songs. I wasn't sure what was going to happen going in to the remake. But they did it. They brought it to life in a really beautiful fresh and heartbreaking way... they kept the right things in from the original and the way the expanded certain numbers was wonderful and fresh. The cast was simply fantastic. I really wasn't sure I could ever see a new Maria, Tony, Anita, Bernardo and Riff. But damn. They all really nailed it. The music went right into me all over again. So romantic. So tragic. So classic. Bravo Mr. Speilberg and all the performers. Bravo. The timing of the release made this flop at the box office - not the performance.

Literally the WORST movie experience of my life. And look, I don't have anything against sad or emotional movies. The English Patient is tragic and I loved it. Schindler's List rips your heart out but it's deep and brutal and important, and you don't regret watching it. But this... good grief. Literally. Grief at every turn. People just emotionally bleeding out in montage format. Heavy awkward awful. No growth. No catharsis. No plot! Catherine Keener ugly cries for 10 minutes straight. You've been warned.