Featured Audience Ratings

• Daniel P

  
  Completely anachronistic boilerplate dance film: young person - man this time, played by Patrick Swayze - of lower social class wins heart of upper-class young person (woman, Jennifer Grey) through the power of dance... or something. What made this movie watchable for me was the… More
  Completely anachronistic boilerplate dance film: young person - man this time, played by Patrick Swayze - of lower social class wins heart of upper-class young person (woman, Jennifer Grey) through the power of dance... or something. What made this movie watchable for me was the particularity of its setting; I don't know of any other films set in the Catskills in the 1960s, and buried within it is a story of (Jewish) identity and coming of age, told nostalgically and enjoyably. The bubble bursts when a 1980s song drives the film's finale - selling the soundtrack more than the story, to say the least - but, (along with Saturday Night Fever), it cast the mold for a certain kind of film: the summer sing-and-dance blockbuster. Essential viewing, unfortunately - even for guys like me who don't want to admit it,

• Candy R

  
  Classic dance movie. Baby and her sister Lisa spend the summer at a holiday camp where they meet guys and fall in love. Baby learns to dance and helps Penny a dancer who gets into trouble. Fab soundtrack. Patrick's best role ever. Amazing!

• Alice S

  
  I can't believe it took me twenty years or so to see this gem. It's just such a nicely-packaged little story. It doesn't try to be anything other than a sweet bildungsroman that tackles class issues while treating the audience to beautifully choreographed dance… More
  I can't believe it took me twenty years or so to see this gem. It's just such a nicely-packaged little story. It doesn't try to be anything other than a sweet bildungsroman that tackles class issues while treating the audience to beautifully choreographed dance routines.

• Alexander D

  
  If someone sang the lyrics, "I've had the time of my life, and I've never felt this way before", and the first thing that came to mind was something completely unrelated to this film, namely the fairly recent Black Eyed Peas song "The Time (Dirty Bit)",… More
  If someone sang the lyrics, "I've had the time of my life, and I've never felt this way before", and the first thing that came to mind was something completely unrelated to this film, namely the fairly recent Black Eyed Peas song "The Time (Dirty Bit)", then first of all, I pity you, because that means you obviously have not had the chance to witness the extraordinary dancing found in this film. DIRTY DANCING certainly is not perfect, but even from a critical perspective, it is a whole lot of sensual, well-acted fun. And trust me--this is not just any old MTV dance-fest like what you would find in STEP UP; nor is it a cool-guy-gaga, musical, corny, so-called "classic" such as GREASE. True, this one is like GREASE, in the way that it rewinds a few decades and looks at life in a coming-of-age way, but we can see that Patrick Swayze can do the final dance better than John Travolta can do "Greased Lightning", and there is no way to easily compare Jennifer Grey with Olivia Newton-John--hands down. This is an absolute must-see, and even more a definite must-hear.

• Unknown H

  
  One of the oldest and most loved girly movies of all time that I have never been ashamed to say I love. The acting is terrible, the special effects have holes in them and the story line is sporadically poor but the soundtrack and simplicity of the instant love between Baby and Johnny… More
  One of the oldest and most loved girly movies of all time that I have never been ashamed to say I love. The acting is terrible, the special effects have holes in them and the story line is sporadically poor but the soundtrack and simplicity of the instant love between Baby and Johnny is what every 14 year old girl (including myself at that age wanted). As I have got older, the age difference between them unnerves me slightly but then most things unnerve me in my old age. A definite keeper, even if it is complete hogwash.

• Manu G

  
  Have The Time Of Your Life. Great Movie! I knew I was gonna like it. Great love story, superb acting and excellent 80's songs! In the 1960s, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill… More
  Have The Time Of Your Life. Great Movie! I knew I was gonna like it. Great love story, superb acting and excellent 80's songs! In the 1960s, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner (Johnny is not the father). She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse - that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny - ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness - and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning and in an act of retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not furnish his real whereabouts. In an act of bravery, Baby states that Johnny is innocent, and alibis him by confessing that they were together all night. This revelation causes a huge rift in the family and Baby makes an impassioned speech to her angry and bereft father. At the closing night performances, and although he has been fired and banned from attending, Johnny returns and takes the stage to tell everyone about the woman whose faith in him and whose courage changed his life. They do one final show-stopping dance together. Baby's father learns that Johnny was not responsible for his partner's pregnancy and learns to accept that although his beloved daughter is transitioning to womanhood, she will always love him.

• Bethany M

  
  Nothing more to say than a timeless classic. If you haven't seen this film, you are missing out on one of the most gorgeous love stories of all time. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey have incredible chemistry and this film makes you nothing but happy. One of the many reasons why… More
  Nothing more to say than a timeless classic. If you haven't seen this film, you are missing out on one of the most gorgeous love stories of all time. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey have incredible chemistry and this film makes you nothing but happy. One of the many reasons why I love the 80's and their films so much.

• Jim C

  
  I wouldn't call it a classic, but it certainly is a good romance and a great memory of Patrick Swaze.

• Jennifer X

  
  Dirty Dancing is pure sex. When they were crawling on the floor toward each other, butts cheekily pointed upward, I ... well, I got a little excited.

• Cassie H

  
  This movie is the greatest movie(apart from the B/C),that you'll ever see that involves dancing. It's just an fantastic movie. So sad that Patrick Swayze died! He's so sexy, adorable & beautiful in this movie too. :) So glad that my best friend finally got to see… More
  This movie is the greatest movie(apart from the B/C),that you'll ever see that involves dancing. It's just an fantastic movie. So sad that Patrick Swayze died! He's so sexy, adorable & beautiful in this movie too. :) So glad that my best friend finally got to see this movie! :) Really love it. :) Just great! :) A great romance :) Such a great movie :)

• AJ V

  
  This movie mostly appeals to teen girls, and being one when I first saw it, I loved this movie. It's the only dance related movie I love, actually. It's a beautiful nostalgic romance movie, and I highly recommend it.

• erika b

  
  found it boring.

• Nadira I

  
  Classic 80's movie (the movie was released before I was born) that turns into play in some parts of the world until now. "Dirty Dancing" give us some sexy dancing and outstanding act. My favorite scene is the final dance of Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze is truly… More
  Classic 80's movie (the movie was released before I was born) that turns into play in some parts of the world until now. "Dirty Dancing" give us some sexy dancing and outstanding act. My favorite scene is the final dance of Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze is truly epic. Especially the Oscar Winning song, (I've had) The time of my life. However, I think this movie have a lot of hype just because their great songs and dancing. There's not much in the story.

• Spencer S

  
  Nobody puts the Dirty Dancing DVD in the corner!

• Anthony L

  
  I ate a watermelon

• Dean !

  
  A great soundtrack and dancing scenes....but is that it? After all the hype I expected a lot more!

• Jennifer D

  
  Awesome 80's feel good movie.

• Lady D

  
  This film transends me straight back to my early teens, when I was much more appreciative of ?girly? films, when every girl wanted to be Baby and when the actual dirty dancing was cause for controversy. Nostalgia places this one as possibly my favourite film of the 80?s. Watching… More
  This film transends me straight back to my early teens, when I was much more appreciative of ?girly? films, when every girl wanted to be Baby and when the actual dirty dancing was cause for controversy. Nostalgia places this one as possibly my favourite film of the 80?s. Watching this now, years later, it?s easy to pick up on other things in the movie, such as the huge class divide. There is no doubt that this has become a classic and it has more memorable quotes than I care to remember.

• Mason W

  
  Dirty Dancing, what a great film in the 80's starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Lovely movie with good music....a summer in the 60's in the NY state Catskills....a girl meets one of the dance teachers from the wrong side of the tracks...love blooms.

• Dean M

  
  Awesome of the couple doing 'dirty dancing' that make it look bloody sexy, but Jennifer Grey is more hotter.

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