Dirty Dancing (1987)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 29 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
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 wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend, Penny, is... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
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While the music on the soundtrack is predictably overloud, the period detail is refreshingly soft-pedaled.
02/12/08
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The dance finale between Gray and Swayze, although an obvious crowd-pleaser, is performed to a contemporary song clearly intended for the charts, which blows the period feel right off the dance floor.
02/12/08
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Good production values, some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Grey make the film more than watchable.
02/12/08
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Against all odds on the night of the Event, she steps up and shows the world that Baby can dance and only pictures this awful gross that much money.
08/07/07
An animated rendering of its characters is virtually the only thing preventing the formulaic Dirty Dancing from being another one of Disney's crappy romances.
05/01/07
The film’s easy charm, infectious soundtrack and tidy choreography should still win over new fans as well as old.
01/26/06
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