Dirty Dancing (1987)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:29
Rotten:14
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
Reviews for Dirty Dancing
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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). Full Review |
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While the music on the soundtrack is predictably overloud, the period detail is refreshingly soft-pedaled. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Teenage titillation for girls, circa 1963. Full Review |
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Good production values, some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Grey make the film more than watchable. Full Review |
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1/4 |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The purest spirit of the 1980s is distilled in this amiable film. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Endlessly quotable, strangely fascinating and immensely charming. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
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The film’s easy charm, infectious soundtrack and tidy choreography should still win over new fans as well as old. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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4/5 |
Trend setting musical with Swayze and Grey at their peaks.
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1/5 |
Abysmal pre-teen trash
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2/5 |
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
Grey validates all the soap opera theatrics that revolve around her Full Review |
CommentLatest 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:
Lionsgate Limbers Up for More Dirty Dancing 
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
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February 13, 2008:
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