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Summary: Still Good After All These Years
Review: This movie is still fun to watch even though it's been out for fifteen years. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey are excellent in the lead roles of Johnny and Baby, and Jerry Orbach does a terrific job as Baby's father, Mr. Houseman.The basic plot to the movie revolves around Baby and Johnny. Baby and her family are on vacation at Kellerman's lodge. It is here that she meets Johnny Castle, the smooth lodge dance instructor. Although Baby has been brought up in a prim and proper manner, she is intrigued by the rough-looking Castle. Soon, Baby is spending all of her free time with Johnny learning about him and his life. The two become closer, and eventually a strong bond forms between them, much to the chagrin of her father. The atmosphere of the 60's is evident throughout the film. The clothes and music are sure indicators as are the innocent games of croquet, volleyball, and charades offered by Kellerman's. Many references are also made to events of the 60's, such as the JFK assassination and Baby's desire to join the Peace Corps. The best part of this movie is the music. Several hits were spawned from the excellent soundtrack, and I always think back to the movie when I hear them on the radio. The acting is excellent as well. Swayze, Grey, Orbach, et. al. do a first rate job throughout the movie. This movie has become and will remain a classic for many years to come. Watch it and experience its magic.
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Summary: Maybe I didn't see the same movie others did!
Review: It would appear that others have reviewed a different movie, with talk about Swayze's character guilty of statutory rape. Baby's father clearly states that she's 'starting Mount Holyoke in the fall'...that's a college, not a high school. So she's at *least* 17, but for the purpose of the movie, I assumed she was 18, and that the part of 'Johnny' was a young man of 20 or so. I was 18 when I graduated from high school! The movie is excellent, IMO. The clothing was dead on for 1963, as was the music. Baby is a brainy, sheltered, socially conscious but socially uneasy young woman. In meeting a group of earthy, street-wise young people, she is suddenly awakened, both sexually and emotionally, and the final part of her growing up falls into place. As well, for the first time, she is introduced to a way of life in which everyone is not treated equally, but is judged on their looks or backgrounds, which she finds unfair. For the first time in her life, she stands up to authority and begins to think for herself, for what she feels is right, even against her beloved Daddy. And then she knows she is truly on the road to adulthood.
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Summary: I had the time of my life just watching it!!!
Review: This is sexy, fun, and the ultimate guilty pleasure! It is among my many cheesy favorites, including Grease, Grease 2, and Footloose. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey have a chemistry you don't see often in movies. Baby (Grey) is a teenage daddy's girl that falls for tough guy dance instructor Johnny (Swayze). This movie has great themes and also one of the best soundtracks. For anyone looking for something to do on a Friday night or a new favorite movie, I reccomend it.
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Summary: This movie changed my life when I was a kid.
Review: One reviewer put down this movie because of its "relative morality". The thing is, Baby wasn't underage (I think the reviewer said she was 16). Her dad says that she is going off to college in the fall, so you should assume that she is 18. Anyway, while the music and dancing are fun, that is not what this movie is about to me. Its about Baby's coming of age. There are a lot of deep interactions between people here.
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Summary: Definately one of my faves!
Review: This DVD is one that you can watch over and over again. It really is an outstanding film and I'd recommend it to anyone anyday...if you haven't seen DIRTY DANCING, you're missing out! So watch it! Have fun.
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Summary: One of my all time favorites
Review: I love this movie.. what can I say.. The music is good, the dancing is good, the characters are wonderful. It's a wonderful love story. I have watched this movie so many times that I can pretty much quote it word for word. It's just wonderful...
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Summary: Best DVD I have ever seen
Review: I have been a fan of Dirty dancing for a long time . I have it on VHS but I bought it on DVD because I wanted to feel the music. What I saw on the DVD is beyond my expectations. I don't mind borowing movies to my friends but this one is staying home. It is too good!!!
The movie seemd like a totaly new movie. I love it!!!
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Summary: What is this relative to?
Review: About the only two things which can be said about this movie is that the music and dancing is fine. Everything in between borders on relative morality. Now I know that Hollywood has spun their own version of situation ethics here, but let's get serious and put our thinking caps on. Here we have the "hero" (Swayze), who's hanging out at this camp as a dancing teacher and in all probability getting some money on the side from some rich ladies from the upper classes. In comes the "love interest" (Jennifer Grey), an underage girl, and she's obviously attracted to Swayze, and then we quickly move on to sexual encounters between her and Swayze. Can we get real here? This stuff is supposed to make us applaud at the end? Come on!!! Grey's father is a doctor and the only thing he can say about this underage daughter's affair with a grown man at the end of the movie is that she dances pretty good with Swayze? Let's not check our thinking caps at the door, here. Do you know that Swayze, "in the real world," would be probably doing time in a state pentitentiary for statutory rape on a child under 16 years of age? So why is this film so great? Is it the music or what? What about the message? Does anyone get it or are our values gone completely? Sex with kids? How about this - this movie is definitely not recommended at all. And this is certainly not a movie for the kids, parents. Not at all. Unless you think that being entertained by a grown adult who seduces and rapes a young girl is entertainment.
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Summary: The best movie from the 80s
Review: In Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey stars as Frances "Baby" Houseman, a girl who goes on vacation to the Catskills with her father, mother and sister in the summer of 1963. She meets the handsome dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), who works at the lodge where they're staying, and is smitten with him. When she volunteers to fill in for Johnny's dance partner, Baby experiences love and life firsthand from the free-spirited Johnny. The DVD version of this movie is terrific. The clarity is amazing, the sound is crisp & clear and the bonuses are wonderful. With the bonus features, you get commentary from the movie's creator, a behind-the-scenes featurette (with no audio), the videos for "She's Like the Wind," "I've Had the Time of My Life" & "Hungry Eyes," biographies about the cast & crew (Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Rhodes, Jerry Orbach, Jack Weston, the director, the producer, the writer and the choreographer), a short "Reliving the 60s" documentary, the theatrical trailer and a concert featuring the music from the movie. If you love Dirty Dancing, I highly recommended getting this DVD. It would be a great addition to add to your collection!
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Summary: one of my all tyime faves
Review: i am from this genration which makes me different because i like movies from the 80s. well this is a must see.
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