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Dirty Dancing (1987)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:13
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the... Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend, Penny, is pregnant and has reluctantly decided to get an abortion. This leaves Johnny a solo act -- until Baby agrees to take Penny's place. She has to learn how to dance first, however, and as Johnny teaches her the choreography's sexy, seductive moves, the two fall in love. But Baby's father believes that Johnny is the creep who got Penny pregnant, and he furiously orders Baby to end the relationship. Baby knows that Johnny's innocent -- and with her feisty idealism and his dance talent, the two will prove to Baby's father that their love is worth fighting for. [More]
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Neal Jones, Miranda Garrison, Garry Goodrow, Wayne Knight
Director: Emile Ardolino
Director: Emile Ardolino
Composer: John Morris
Producer: Linda Gottlieb, Eleanor Bergstein
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Reviews for Dirty Dancing
Just the title alone made it the "it" film for teenagers to flock to.
It leaves you in a dream state, contemplating the beauty not only of the film’s artistry, but of the human talent and desire that enabled it.
... one of those transcendent guilty-pleasure movies that manages to be as timeless as it is entertaining.
Latest News for Dirty Dancing
September 14, 2009:
Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009
Patrick Swayze, the versatile actor who starred in some of the biggest Hollywood hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Sept. 14 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He... More...
August 19, 2009:
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Time to get back in your corner, Baby -- Lionsgate seems to be prepping a "Dirty Dancing" remake. More...
March 07, 2008:
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Swayze, star of such hit films as Dirty Dancing, Ghost, and Road House, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. More...
February 13, 2008:
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