Homeless New York City newsboy Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly befriends two newcomers to his trade, brothers David and Les Jacobs. When they are exploited beyond reason by their bosses, they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.
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January 24, 2016
...manages some acrobatic dance numbers, but they seem oddly confined by the camera's frame.
May 20, 2013
Bale and Menken are literally what make the movie sing.
May 20, 2013
Despite Newsies' many flaws, it's bracing to see Disney attempt a PG movie about something as meaty as labor relations. Would that every strike be resolved with so little bloodshed and so many songs.
May 20, 2013
Certain movies engage your affections so strongly that, even if they start to fall apart, you tend to keep rooting for them. That's pretty much the case with Newsies.
May 20, 2013
Stop the presses! Newsies is the best live-action movie musical since Little Shop of Horrors.
December 15, 2010
Kids go on strike in gritty, historical musical.
June 24, 2012
Bale and the cast are energetic and fun to watch, and the story itself is fascinating history. But the songs and choreography are a disappointment.
May 20, 2013
Newsies is a live-action musical, but it's only barely alive. Call it Snoozies.
May 20, 2013
A Disney musical with an undistinguished score, fair to middling choreography, and clunky direction that still manages to be entertaining in spots because of its story.
May 20, 2013
An old-fashioned musical that is better when its characters sing and dance than when they talk.
