Dirty Dancing

Name: Dirty Dancing
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: August 25, 1987
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze

1987

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Vestron Pictures | Release Date: August 25, 1987 | PG-13

Starring: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze

Summary: A young girl (Grey) vacationing with her parents in the conservative Catskills falls for the hotel's maverick dance instructor (Swayze).

Director: Emile Ardolino

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Sheila Benson

Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sensual... the sweet sleeper of a hot season. [21 Aug 1987]

Vincent Canby

The dancing itself, especially the dirty dancing, choreographed by Kenny Ortega, looks very contemporary, or, at least, as contemporary as "Saturday Night Fever," but it has a drive and a pulse that give the filim real excitement. [21 Aug 1987, p.C3]

F. X. Feeney

Above all, you've got Jennifer Grey, as a rich girl summering in the Catskills and falling for her working-class dance instructor, played by Patrick Swayze. The chemistry between them is red-hot, and they're wonderful dancers. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Good production values, some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Grey make the film more than watchable, especially for those acquainted with the Jewish tribal mating rituals that go on in the Catskill Mountain resorts. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Before the movie collapses into the utopian nonsense that seems obligatory to this subgenre, a surprising amount of sensitivity and satirical insight emerges from Eleanor Bergstein's script and Emile Ardolino's direction. Read full review

Sandra Contreras

One problem with the film is that it does nothing to endear the Catskill social setting to an audience; the inhabitants seem to be competing for awards in obnoxiousness. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The filmmakers rely so heavily on cliches, on stock characters in old situations, that it's as if they never really had any confidence in their performers. Read full review

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Poland99

Nov 27, 2016

"Rammstein makes coollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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Lyssm

Oct 15, 2007

Its a classic..and nothing less. The dancing and the chemistry are amazing. It will live on....and viewers will always catch themselves rewinding to view scenes another time.

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Garfielduk

Dec 3, 2017

The iconic movie of the 80's, if not of all time. The idiot critic that gave it 50/100 is out of touch and has no feelings obviously, watched it more than a dozen times and every time is brilliant

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beingryanjude

Sep 2, 2014

There's a reason that Dirty Dancing is still referenced today--it's classic, filled with inspirational performances, dancing and joyous music. Dancing films were a-plenty in the 1980s, but few will be remembered alongside Dirty Dancing.

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Robwinz

Apr 19, 2020

An enjoyable movie, Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) have got some good chemistry when they're on set together during these scenes. Also, the movie has got an interesting story and it's got a decent soundtrack.

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amheretojudge

Apr 26, 2018

but everybody's in love..

Dirty Dancing There's way too much dance (contrary to Footloose) and it barely is about dance for your typical romantic genre with its usual limitations and properties barges in, to something that had the potential to draw something colossal out of it. Eleanorbut everybody's in love..

Dirty Dancing

There's way too much dance (contrary to Footloose) and it barely is about dance for your typical romantic genre with its usual limitations and properties barges in, to something that had the potential to draw something colossal out of it. Eleanor Bergstein's script never had enough crisp in the first place to make it on screen which makes Emile Ardolino's execution shallow despite of being convincingly good. Patrick Swayze is a good dancer but needs some work on delivering it in all aspects which goes same for Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing demands attention through its musical sequences that especially draws out younger audience and if mended appropriately with a verified supervisor, it would have made the final cut onto the major league.… Expand

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SeamooseK

Sep 14, 2009

It sucks. I did not enjoy this movie. I might've liked it, if i could find any redeeming features. worst. movie. ever.

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