Dirty Dancing

4.00
    Dirty Dancing
    1987

    Synopsis

    Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

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    Cast

    • Jennifer GreyFrances 'Baby' Houseman
    • Patrick SwayzeJohnny Castle
    • Jerry OrbachDr. Jake Houseman
    • Cynthia RhodesPenny Johnson
    • Jack WestonMax Kellerman
    • Jane BruckerLisa Houseman
    • Kelly BishopMarjorie Houseman
    • Lonny PriceNeil Kellerman
    • Max CantorRobbie Gould
    • Charles 'Honi' ColesTito Suarez

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Los Angeles Times

      Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sensual... the sweet sleeper of a hot season. [21 Aug 1987]
    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Dirty Dancing is "Flashdance" with a triple-digit IQ.
    • 80

      L.A. Weekly

      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.
    • 80

      Newsweek

      Flirts throughout with cliches, and some of the more melodramatic plot devices creak at the joints. Still, the potency of this pop romantic can't be denied. [24 Aug 1987]
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      A shapely film, considered and concise. And if its rhetorical slickness eventually covers up its emotional core, that slickness has a pleasure all its own. [21 August 1987]
    • 75

      San Francisco Examiner

      A poignant and racy movie. The dancing is pretty great, too.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      The script is full of off-the-wall lines that take you by surprise but are perfect. [21 Aug 1987]
    • 70

      Time

      If the ending of Eleanor Bergstein's script is too neat and inspirational, the rough energy of the film's song and dance does carry one along, past the whispered doubts of better judgment. [14 Sept 1987]

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