This is a brill film. I first saw this film 13 years ago. I own almost every collectable you can of this film. The actors personally picked play their parts excellently. Very impressive dancing and singing from young actors whom had never done anything like this before. In relation to history (as it is based on a true story) the film makers made every effort, and you really feel like you are back in 1899. The soundtrack for this film is avaliable on CD and not only do you have a complete collection of all the songs sung by the actors, but a lot of the background music is on, so clasical music people will also love the CD even if they have not seen the film. The songs are very well written and help to explain the story/add even more feeling to the amazing acting/singing/dancing. There are alot of famous actors in this film, and this really shows us what they can do. For example Max Casella (Vinnie in Doogie Howser MD) Is a excellent tap dancer, and during one of his work breaks he designed the tap routine that is now used during the song 'The King Of New York'. If you like musicals or films with a lot of heart this is a definate buy for you.Read full review
I saw this movie on tv and really liked it so I decided to buy it for my own personal collection. Being one who normally doesn't like musicals, this one "rocks". The music is very catchy and upbeat, except for a couple love songs that are good also. It is a great family film for school-aged kids up to adults. If you enjoy musicals or any of the stars in this movie (Bill Pullman, Christian Bale[Batman Returns], etc..) you will most likely not be disappointed.
It’s a absolutely awesome.
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This musical is amazing! It is upbeat but serious at the same time. It is mostly historically accurate for any history lovers and has great voices like a young Christian Bale. This is a good movie for young children but also very popular with young adults. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes history or a good song or two.
This movie is history in a novel form. It is very enjoyable to watch, clean, easy to follow the plot and informativce as to "how things were back then".
GREAT STORY AND SONGS. I love true stories. This is great for children to learn History of the newspaper boys. GREAT family movie. I am going to get the DVD version.
I love it all! The music and coreography are enchanting, catchy and fun, and I love the fact that there is so little "violence" and no swear words. Very enjoyable family film.
Newsies is a movie I first watched as a young teen and I fell in love with it right away. great music and the dancing boys are always great to a teen girl
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