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Fresh:29
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Average Rating:5.9/10
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... [More]
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Director: Emile Ardolino
Guilty pleasure: Fluffy, schmaltzy and predicatble, this coming of age tale, set at a turing point of American culture, is extremely enjoyable due to erotic dancing and Oscar-winning tunes (just disregard the stereotypes and cliches).
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While the music on the soundtrack is predictably overloud, the period detail is refreshingly soft-pedaled.
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.
Top CriticTeenage titillation for girls, circa 1963.
Good production values, some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Grey make the film more than watchable.
Top CriticAgainst 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.
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.
The purest spirit of the 1980s is distilled in this amiable film.
Top CriticEndlessly quotable, strangely fascinating and immensely charming.
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The film’s easy charm, infectious soundtrack and tidy choreography should still win over new fans as well as old.
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Trend setting musical with Swayze and Grey at their peaks.
Abysmal pre-teen trash
Grey validates all the soap opera theatrics that revolve around her
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