Dirty Dancing - Havana Nights (2004)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 107
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 83
Cheesy, unnecessary remake.
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 31
Cheesy, unnecessary remake.
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Not a sequel, not really a prequel, sort of a remake, more of a re-imagining, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights follows the blossoming love affair of young couple Katey (Romola Garai) and Javier (Diego Luna) against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution in 1958. Katey is an American girl living in Cuba with her parents who meets Javier, a local. Javier takes Katey to a nightclub where he teaches her how to dance dirty Cuban-style. The two grow closer and closer, but when Castro takes over, Katey's
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Cast
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Diego Luna
Javier Suarez -
Romola Garai
Katey Miller -
Sela Ward
Jeannie Miller -
John Slattery
Bert Miller -
Jonathan Jackson
James Phelps -
January Jones
Eve -
Mika Boorem
Susie Miller -
René Lavan
Carlos Suarez -
Mya Harrison
Lola Martinez -
Diego Alvarez
Rafael Suarez -
Matt Birman
stc -
Mary Portser
Mrs. Phelps -
Angélica Aragón
Alma Suarez -
Joann Fregalette Jansen
Dance intructor's partn... -
Marisol Padilla Sanchez
Yolanda -
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Heather Headley
Rosa Negra Singer -
Modesto Lacen
Ramon -
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Polly Cusumano
Polly -
Chris Engen
Steph -
Tommy Kavelin
Señor Alonso, Señor Al... -
Wilmer Cordero
teacher -
Charlie Rodriquez
Grandpa Suarez -
Donato Poveda
Troubador -
Shawn Kane
country club singer -
Richard E. Lange
chaperone -
David Rittenhouse
country club singer -
Debbie Casteñeda
girl in club -
Luis Gonzaga
Arturo -
Ricardo Alvarez
Miguel -
César Detrés
Raoul -
Yessenia Benavîdes
Esmerelda -
Alia Maria Alvarez
Chabe Suarez -
Lawrence Duffy
Mr. Phelps -
Jerry D. Medina
palace singer -
Angel "Cucco" Peña
Julio Daviel -
Guillermo De Cun
palace M.C. -
Freddie De Arce
General Ramirez -
Yvonne Caro Caro
check-in-lady -
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All Critics (112) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (84) | DVD (13)
Pure schmaltz, but not without its share of feel-good entertainment value.
Top CriticNext to Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, the first picture is like something out of the golden age of Hollywood.
Tries to add Cuban flavor to a familiar plot but comes up with nothing more than a bubbling stew of cliches.
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights does have some sexy music and a few good dance sequences in a steamy nightclub, but the story is terribly contrived and the lead actors have zero chemistry.
Superficial but entertaining.
A routine Hollywood high school morality play.
A horribly routine star-crossed romance job with none of the spunk or humanity that made its oh-so-better forebear a generational classic.
Bad movie, lame plot, poor acting. Don't bother.
It challenges its audience to ask questions, namely, 'Why?' Why was this movie even made?
Aside from the triteness of the dialogue, the mathematical predictability of the script and the muddling of numbskulled politics, DD: HN is a fairly enjoyable experience.
Provides entertainment sophisticated enough to entrance a sophomore in high school.
The dance routines are splendid and the music, especially if you have a decent sound system, will make you want to join in.
Although based on choreographer JoAnn Jansen's experience, the script was written by a committee of eight; each writer seems to have contributed every cliché in the memory bank.
It's hardly ever a good idea to remake a beloved movie.
It's been 17 years since Dirty Dancing took the world by storm, and all these years later, Havana Nights is here to remind everyone just how to strike when the iron is ice cold.
It goes forward in an entirely predictable way and everyone lives happily ever after. *YAWN*
The dynamics of Havana Nights haven't the urgency of the first Dirty Dancing.
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Foreign Titles
- Dirty Dancing 2 (DE)
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (UK)
