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Dirty Dancing

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Dirty Dancing (1987)

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Reviews Counted:43

Fresh:29

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

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

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11/15/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Creatively covers one girl's coming of age and has more foot tappin' fervor since any flick since "Saturday Night Fever."

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/10/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

No review available.

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06/26/03
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

Dirty Dancing works best when it's most direct and unpretentious.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Indefensible, but irresistable. Nobody puts this movie in the corner!

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04/04/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Chick flicks have hardly been bettered.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/03/03
Almar Haflidason
Almar Haflidason
BBC

Dumb fun, schlocky dialogue, dated music. You can't not enjoy it at some base level, but it sure won't leave you smarter.

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03/25/03
Oz
Oz
Hollywood Bitchslap

I have to admit to feeling some dangerously warm fuzzies for this 1987 movie.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Someone shoot me or worse, make me watch this for the millionth time with my older sister!

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02/19/03
Kevin Fiddler
Kevin Fiddler
Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

No review available.

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Inexplicably popular little so-so movie.

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02/12/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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10/18/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Nowhere near as good as its reputation. A cheesy mess, supported only by its nostalgia.

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08/09/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Some see it as a classic, others wonder why. I fall into the latter category.

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08/08/02
Larry Carroll
Larry Carroll
Countingdown.com

No review available.

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07/26/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Reasonably well-constructed wish-fulfillment girly stuff.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Its attitudes and its controversies are so dated that it feels like the film was made in 1963. And have you tried to watch a teenaged dance movie from 1963 lately?

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Tom Matthews
Tom Matthews
Boxoffice Magazine

The dancing is pretty great.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
San Francisco Examiner

If you can suspend your disbelief and go without substantial characters or innovative plot elements, you will walk away feeling pretty good.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Turned out to be one of those films that had something for everyone.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee
 
 
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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: Lionsgate Limbers Up for More Dirty Dancing Opens in new window
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