Dirty Dancing - Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing - Havana Nights (2004)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (107 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (252,322 ratings)

Not a sequel, not really a prequel, sort of a remake, more of a re-imagining, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights follows the blossoming love affair of young couple Katey (Romola Garai) and Javier (Diego Luna) against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution in 1958. Katey is an American girl living in Cuba… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Boaz Yakin, Victoria Arch
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Feb 27, 2004 Wide
On DVD
Jul 20, 2004
Artisan Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    Pure schmaltz, but not without its share of feel-good entertainment value.

  • Charles Taylor, Salon.com

    Next to Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, the first picture is like something out of the golden age of Hollywood.

  • Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

    Tries to add Cuban flavor to a familiar plot but comes up with nothing more than a bubbling stew of cliches.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights does have some sexy music and a few good dance sequences in a steamy nightclub, but the story is terribly contrived and the lead actors have zero chemistry.

  • David Rooney, Variety

    Superficial but entertaining.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Spencer S


    Without any of the spark of the original this second Dirty Dancing film is a giant disappointment to every expectant woman looking forward to the same sex appeal of Swayze we were graced with in the original. Set in revolutionary Cuba, much of the film decided to saturate itself with… More

  • Wildaly M


    Pretty good.

  • Bannan i


    Different story...centred on the dancing aspect. Not bad at all.

  • Rachel F


    Diego Luna...need I say more?

  • Dean M


    Wow! Nice dancing romantic set against the Cuban Revolution in the late 1950s between a poor Cuban waiter and rich and pretty British girl. Class lines are crossed, families overcome prejudice, and the dances, well, they must be danced!

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