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Genres:
Music, Drama, Romance
Language:
English
Running time:
1:40:24
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Patrick Swayze Johnny Castle
  2. Jennifer Grey Frances "Baby" Houseman
  3. Jerry Orbach Dr. Jake Houseman
  4. Cynthia Rhodes Penny Johnson
  5. Jack Weston Max Kellerman
  6. Jane Brucker Lisa Houseman
  7. Kelly Bishop Marjorie Houseman
  8. Lonny Price Neil Kellerman
  9. Max Cantor Robbie Gould
  10. Charles "Honi" Coles Tito Suarez

Directors

  1. Emile Ardolino

Producers

  1. Mitchell Cannold
  2. Steven Reuther
  3. Linda Gottlieb

Writers

  1. Eleanor Bergstein

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Dirty Dancing


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A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to t... A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom in no time flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love, wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner, Penny (Cynthia Rhodes), finds herself pregnant after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps and take her place; however, Baby's father, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a surprise box-office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert tour featuring several of its artists.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

68%Tomatometer score: 68% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader While the music on the soundtrack is predictably overloud, the period detail is refreshingly soft-pedaled. Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Desson Thomson, Washington Post The dance finale between Gray and Swayze, although an obvious crowd-pleaser, is performed to a contemporary song clearly intended for the charts, which blows the period feel right off the dance floor. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Variety Staff, Variety Good production values, some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Grey make the film more than watchable. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] The purest spirit of the 1980s is distilled in this amiable film. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Caroline Westbrook, Empire Magazine Endlessly quotable, strangely fascinating and immensely charming. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Anna Smith, Time Out The film's easy charm, infectious soundtrack and tidy choreography should still win over new fans as well as old. Full review External link

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    Dirty Dancing (6/12) Movie CLIP - Have You Had Many Women? (1987) HD

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