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Summary: Everybody has a movie like this...
Review: Everybody has a movie like this...One that you saw when you were 12 years old and thought it was the greatest story you had ever seen. And, even though years later when you watch it again, you see the flaws and the dodgy storylines, Dirty Dancing still has magic. I don't think its magic lies with any one element (although the dancing, music and actors are all very appealing) but it certainly captured the imagination of a certain age group.
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Summary: Sexy breathless love & Great Moves!
Review: This is a movie set in a camp, really breathless location; the campiness is a integral part of the movie. forbidden love with a dangerous Patrick Swayze - enough to make anyone feel mushy. The moves and the dancingin the movie are something else - makes you wanta try them the next time you are on your feet!Light romantic movie - great picturization!
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Summary: Idiotic
Review: This film is terrible. It is so boring that if you are ever forced to watch it, you will be ready to bash your head against the nearest wall by the time the movie is halfway over. Every character in this movie calls each other baby so much it makes me want to vomit. Dispite the fact that it is set in the sixties, it is pure eighties, and pure torture.
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Summary: Gotta love it
Review: My review is actually about the DVD itself, not so much the movie. The movie, if anyone reading this has actually not seen it (!), is so bad its great! There are so many things to love about this movie, from the dialogue (bad but campy) to the acting (acceptable) to the plot (nostalgic) to the dancing (great) to the love story (somewhat engaging) etc. etc. The DVD itself, however, is supposed to contain additional scenes and material that the avid fan of this movie could not be too excited about. Well, perhaps my expectations were too high, but I expected outtakes and interviews that just did not exist. The bios I can get anywhere, and the additional scenes I had seen before. There is nothing added to this DVD that makes it "collectible". The movie itself is enough!
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Summary: You MUST see this
Review: Since this movie first came out to now, 2001, it's been my favorite of all time! Baby and Johnny represent the classic love story: girl who starts out as innocent/shy type meets jerky boy who ends up showing his sensitive side and they fall head over heals for each other. All the while, Baby has to learn how to dance to help out Johnny's partner. The best scene in the whole movie is at the very end when Johnny comes back to have the last dance of the season with Baby as his partner. Those two weeks were part of a summer that changed both their lives forever. Quotable Quote: "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
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Summary: Dirty Tribal Reunification
Review: "Dirty Dancing" is a deceptive film in many ways. The title alone implies a kind of steamy sexuality that belies what is otherwise an old fashioned story about romance and decency. But "Dirty Dancing" is more than just a love story. It is also a classic tale of tribal evolution. Patrick Swayze plays Johnnie a dance instructor at a wealthy retreat in the Catskills during the early sixties. Jennifer Gray plays "Baby" a wealthy young vacationer who falls in love with Johnnie. The film is fraught with the usual class differences (Johnnie's set is poor, Baby's is rich) and tragic misunderstandings (Baby's father thinks Johnnie is immoral when if fact he is decent and honest.). This produces that kind of tension that makes the love affair between Johnnie and Baby a little more interesting than--say-- if they sat by the creek all day exchanging vows of passion. The real plot of "Dirty Dancing" is that a tribe of people has failed to evolve with the changing times. In order to evolve, the tribe requires a hero to invigorate it with new concepts and a new vision. The tribe in this case is the vacationers (the parents and their young adult children) at the retreat in the Catskills. The hero, of course, is Johnnie. In the final scene of the movie, an older vacationer tells one of the servants that the retreat has lost much of its vigor and that the children prefer vacations in Europe to spending the summer with their parents in the Catskills (Gee, what a surprise!). He delivers his monologue as the children perform an obsolete, dull, and out-of-tune musical skit before the assembled vacationers. At that moment, Johnnie who has hitherto been banished from the tribe makes a surprise entrance. He snatches Baby from the protective grip of her family, brings her to the stage and invigorates the tepid assembly with an amazing dance routine. As the crowd woops and cheers to Johnnie and Baby's antics, the old man who previously lamented the tribe's lack of enthusiasm realizes that Johnny's style and performance is the answer. Johnnie speaks to the younger generation with a new idea and a new style. In doing so, he motivates them to remain with the tribe (that is to take boring vacations with their parents instead of going to Venice for the summer). In claiming his woman and reinstating himself in the tribe he also initiates a vital fertility rite. Love, justice, and rock and role pull the Catskill vacationers out of the doldrums and help push them into a new era (of yet more dull vacations in the Catskills).
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Summary: Horrific Piece of Drivel
Review: Unless you are an 11-16 year old girl, this movie isn't for you. It's predictable and painfully cheesey. More importantly, its box office success reflects the sadly lower standards by which Americans are entertained these days. How in God's name does this movie get the acclaim it gets? Do youself a favor, catch it on VH1 (they play it every night) or, better yet, spend some quality time with your family instead.
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Summary: My newest favorite movie!
Review: I was finally able to see all of "Dirty Dancing" last night and I loved it! I took dance classes for eleven years and it was wonderful to see people dancing again! The chemistry between Baby and Johnny is seen in the dancing. That was my favorite part. I used to listen to this soundtrack with my mom in the car and I hadn't heard those songs in years! It was a great movie all around!
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Summary: Well worth waiting for
Review: Reviewer: w stewart from aberdeen United Kingdom The entire family Stewart loved " Dirty Dancing" when it hit the UK cinemas. Since those days, we've played the CDs incessantly and watched and watched the video, in widescreen. We couldn't wait to see the DVD version ( We pre-ordered for safety) and now we have it we can savour it all over again and again with a myriad of extras due to the capability of the new format, in perfect audio and video. My suggestion ? - BUY!!!
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Summary: Worth waiting for
Review: The entire family Stewart loved " Dirty Dancing" when it hit the UK cinemas. Since those days, we've played the CDs incessantly and watched and watched the video, in widescreen. We couldn't wait to see the DVD version ( We pre-ordered for safety) and now we have it we can savour it all over again and again with a myriad of extras due to the capability of the new format, in perfect audio and video. My suggestion ? - BUY!!!
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