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- 1992
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 1992
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Summary In 1899 Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Bale) organizes a newsboys' strike after Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raised the wholesale price on newspapers.
Directed By: Kenny Ortega
Written By: Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
- 1992
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 1992
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Newsies
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6.2
Summary In 1899 Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Bale) organizes a newsboys' strike after Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raised the wholesale price on newspapers.
Directed By: Kenny Ortega
Written By: Bob Tzudiker, Noni White
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
46
26% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
46
26% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
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]
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.2
48% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
16% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.2
48% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
16% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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 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.
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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]
Sumptuous production values and fitfully impressive choreography notwithstanding, Newsies was a major misfire for Disney Studios.
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.
Newsies is like warmed-over Horatio Alger, complete with such indispensable cliches as the newsboy on crutches, the little kid, and of course the hero's best pal, who has a pretty sister.
Newsies is a live-action musical, but it's only barely alive. Call it "Snoozies." [10 Apr 1992]
La trama es buena y la música es decente; sin embargo, siento que pudo haber tenido una duración más corta.
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Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures,
Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
Release Date Apr 10, 1992
Duration 2 h 1 m
Rating PG
Tagline For years they've delivered the papers. Now they're about to make the headlines.
Website
http://movies.disney.com/newsies
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination