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9.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  1. Joe
    Jul 5, 2008
    10
    Newsies is a classic Disney family movie. Never mind what the "critics" say about this film. Ortega was not trying to win an Oscar, he was trying to make a good old-fashioned musical we could have fun watching, and he succeeded.
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  2. llllll
    Feb 16, 2011
    10
    Great story (even if it was loosely based on actual facts). It was fun to watch and the singing and dancing sticks with you. You can't help but love this movie!!!
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Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 4 out of 19
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kathleen Maher
    50
    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.
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  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    50
    A Disney musical with an undistinguished score (Alan Menken and Jack Feldman), fair to middling choreography (Kenny Ortega and Peggy Holmes), and clunky direction (Ortega) that still manages to be entertaining in spots because of its story.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    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.
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