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Seen it?2017 | 134 min | Music, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
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Enjoyable, if not extraordinary.
Early rating from audience scores only. The full five-pillar rating is on its way.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics, anyone who wants a laugh and history buffs. If you loved tick, tick... BOOM! or West Side Story, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 14 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
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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Cast & crew
Directed by Brett Sullivan
- Jeremy JordanJack Kelly
- Kara LindsayKatherine
- Ben FankhauserDavey
- Andrew Keenan-BolgerCrutchie
- Steve BlanchardJoseph Pulitzer
- Aisha de HaasMedda Larkin
- Ethan SteinerLes
- Tommy BraccoSpot Conlon
- Joshua BurrageJojo
- Ben CookRace