Dirty Dancing [VHS]
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Actor: Charles 'Honi' Coles, Jane Brucker, Kelly Bishop, Max Cantor, Thomas CannoldBrand: RANDLESGIFTS
Primary Contributor: Jennifer Grey
Primary Contributor: Patrick Swayze
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1998-10-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Vestron Video
Studio: Vestron Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Dirty Dancing [VHS]
Movie Review: silly but satisfying
Summary: 3 Stars
Cliches, huge plot holes, wooden acting, why do I enjoy this film so much?
This relationship would never work long-term. Just the phrase, "There are no books in Johnny's room," reminds us that she has an inquisitive brain, he hasn't. There is nothing that would put me less in the mood for exploring the forbidden hunk's bod than having just witnessed an illegal abortion. And so on. So what works?
It's the music. It's the dancing. And the spark of genius in Jennifer Grey, making dancing a metaphor for any struggle.
The whole movie is worth it to watch the awkward and clumsy "Baby" rehearse and rehearse until she gets it right. Inspires me every time I need it. I even have a still from her "Wipeout" scene as my screen background.
Summary of Dirty Dancing [VHS]
As with Grease (1978) and Footloose (1984) before it, Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campiness, though, is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early '60s) when it would have. Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has been vacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. One summer, she falls under the sway (as it were) of dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze). Baby is a pampered pup, but Johnny is a man of the world. Baby's father, Jake (Law and Order's Jerry Orbach), can't see the basic decency in greaser Johnny that she can. It should come as no surprise to find that Baby, who can be as immature as her name, learns more about love and life--and dancing--from free-spirited Johnny than traditionalist Jake.Dirty Dancing spawned two successful soundtracks, a short-lived TV series, and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze have chemistry, charisma, and all the right moves. It's a sometimes silly movie with occasionally mind-boggling dialogue--"No one puts Baby in a corner!"--that nonetheless carries an underlying message about tolerance and is filled with the kind of exuberant spirit that's hard for even the most cynical to resist. Not that they'd ever admit it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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