Film1992121 min

Newsies

Name: Newsies
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Released: 1992
Duration: 121 min
Cast: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret, Robert Duvall, David Moscow

Taste attributes: dramafamilymusicmusic/dancehistoricalfresh & originalwholesomerealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationship

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"A Thousand Voices. A Single Dream."

Boxlist takeA good-natured music film that is emotional, inventive and grounded. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 192 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

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