West Side Story er i øvrigt blevet meget godt modtaget. Jeg synes at den originale film er en af de bedste musicals der er blevet filmatiseret så jeg ser frem til den
Stephanie Zacharek fra The Times: I had no idea I needed this West Side Story until I saw it. This, possibly, is the best kind of movie, the stealth achievement that has been hiding in plain sight all along
Dana Stevens fra Slate : The most surprising thing about West Side Story, Spielberg's most dynamic movie in years, is how at home the director seems in a genre he has never before worked in.
Mick LaSalle fra SF Chronicle : The big news about Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" is that it's a magnificent movie, even by Spielberg standards and even by "West Side Story" standards.
Justin Change fra LA Times : Spielberg’s movie may be rougher, grittier, more lived-in and, in terms of cultural representation, more truthful than its 1961 cinematic incarnation. But it is also more unabashedly classical, more radiantly stylized, than just about anything a major American studio has released in years.