The dancing itself, especially the dirty dancing, choreographed by Kenny Ortega, looks very contemporary, or, at least, as contemporary as "Saturday Night Fever," but it has a drive and a pulse that give the filim real excitement. [21 Aug 1987, p.C3]
The iconic movie of the 80's, if not of all time. The idiot critic that gave it 50/100 is out of touch and has no feelings obviously, watched it more than a dozen times and every time is brilliant
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But 'neath its candy-coated shell lies several solid grains of truth -- not to mention some fab choreography, a solid-gold title, and a couple of pristine examples (in Swayze and Grey) of what is meant by the term "career-making performance."
The filmmakers rely so heavily on cliches, on stock characters in old situations, that it's as if they never really had any confidence in their performers.
Damn, it's been 25 years since Dirty Dancing was released. Maybe I could really dance to Jennifer Grey's victory on Season 10 of Dancing With the Stars right about now. And I hope Patrick Swayze is sending big smiles in heaven and reunite with Grey one last time. I miss the 80's, what a great film.
Since ever the rich families sought to protect their children from marriages that could jeopardize their status and prestige. Baby Houseman is a girl whose parents expect a lot, but things go wrong when her family learns that she is in love with a dance instructor with humble origins and dubious life. Directed by Emile Ardolino and with a screenplay by Eleanor Bergstein, it has Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles.
This is probably one of the most famous romantic movies of the eighties. Jennifer Grey was up to the challenge and did a good interpretation but, despite her talent and commitment, she ended up overshadowed by a huge Patrick Swayze. This film can be considered the best in the career of this actor that was, precisely, a dancer before beginning to play. It's undeniable that his taste for dancing and talent for gallant roles were essential to his performance, contributing a lot to make him a true "male sex symbol" at the time. The script itself doesn't bring anything new: rich girl meets poor boy and they fall in love, jealous people try to separate them, girl's family doesn't accept their love etc... We have seen this many times in film, theater or even in literature. Nevertheless, it's a story that works well and it's enriched by some interesting details that help to thicken the plot, as the situation around an illegal abortion that one of the characters has to do. In addition to the interpretation of Swayze, the most positive point of the film are the choreography's and an amazing and memorable soundtrack, marked by the songs "She's Like the Wind" and "I've Had The Time Of My Life". The latter can even be considered one of the most famous love songs of the eighties and won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song (1987).
Despite the time that has passed since it's release in the cinema, and Swayze himself has passed away however, this film continues to mean a lot to many people and to be a landmark of romantic cinema. Love overcomes barriers, and a good love story is always timeless.
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 musical drama/romance starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey... I'm not going to tell you the other actresses or actors names because it's irrelevant to this review as I don't need them to basically sum the whole movie up. To keep it sweet if there is any story at all or plot in Dirty Dancing it's lost in the music and all the cheesey dance scenes, some of which are good plus there's romance so this makes Dirty Dancing feel like there's no story, just a bunch of losers and hoodlums seducing each other, lusting after women, cheating on each other, having sex with a huge amount of romantic songs and music added. There's also the subject of trust in the movie and betrayal and Patrick Swayze as a dance instructor and some very nice sexy scenes between Penny (Cynthia Rhodes) and Jennifer Grey but usually this film only delivers naughty dance moves and music as an excuse to have sex and nudity in it then it feels like a family movie and looks like a family dance movie then all the sex happens and it feels all over the place. Very strange mixture and I don't personally like this movie as it's dull and lifeless to me but some may enjoy it.
Moué, à ses débuts le beau gosse Patrick Swayze tournait des trucs sacrément cons et enchaînait les rôles de bellâtre rebelle avec plus ou moins de réussite... On le sait très capable et le voir se ridiculiser ainsi est particulièrement affligeant. On est ici très loin de Point Break et de son rôle de gourou voyou (rebelle encore une fois bien sûr) dans ce Dirty Dancing et ses gesticulations contorsionnées plus ou moins connotées et clairement destiné au public adolescent avec un Flanby dans le ciboulot.
Neuneu et cucul, on est effectivement en plein dedans (dans le Flanby), le tout sur la musique commerciale d'ascenseur des années 80 dont les morceaux choisis représentent certainement à merdeveille la soupe dégoulinante que les djeunzs de cette époque s'infusaient dans les esgourdes.
Quant à Jennifer Beals, euh Grey pardon (on dirait des photocopies) je préférais la première dans le Flashdance parce qu'elle se bougeait bien plus le derrière et le reste (toujours très bien) et jactait beaucoup moins également, ce qui compensait la tronche légèrement trisomique de ces siamoises sur laquelle on était prêt à passer l'éponge. C'est décidément beaucoup plus difficile ici.
En con-clusion, rien à sauver de cette danse sale, sinon que, comme le titre l'indique, ça sent pas bon.