Dirty Dancing | | Cast : | Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze | | Director : | Emile Ardolino | | Studio : | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | | Format : | DTS Surround Sound, Color, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | August 21, 1987 | | DVD Released Date : | December 09, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | Totally improbable yet wonderfully addicting! | Content
 | Watching this movie brings back all those wonderfull years spent in the Catskills with my family. I still get tearful when I see Jack Weston who is so lovable as the club owner. There were so many like him. They reminded me of this extended family all of us Italians had back in Brooklynn.....WHAT? HUGH? What am I saying.....I never went to Grossingers or the Concord or Browns or in this case Kellermans. But that's exactly my point. This movie made me (maybe for the first time ever) wish I was Jewish! These people really had something if it was anything like this movie. Imagine top entertainment, impecable grounds, families caring and sharing with themselves and others. Yes I am jealous. And while we're at it let's not forget one of their greatest contributions in the way of Jennifer Grey! OMG in an age where every girl wants to look like Pamela Anderson by injecting, and stuffing, and padding, and liposucking, and on and on here comes petite little Jennifer Grey as this powerhouse of sexuality in a pint sized package. For every girl who aspires to get implants I beg to differ. Size DOES NOT MATTER! This girl was hotter than a pistol dancing to wipeout in her cut off dungaree shorts! Add to that she was brilliant as "baby" and will forever be etched in all our minds even with her former nose! And Patrick Swayze electrifies alla John Travolta in this star making performance. The only down side is the improbable assortment of dirty dancers who are way too hip beyond the time period here. It's out of place and unbelievable at every level. HOWEVER I forgive the producers and will excercise my own mental editing here (as you should) and disregard the blatant tactic of trying to seduce a younger audience. As the girl said in Jerry McGuire.....stop.....just stop.....you had me from hello.....or in this case from the Ronnettes singing Be My Baby. A great supporting cast, a wonderful director, and a competant script make this one of the 50 best made films ever! You can't rent it.....you must own it....it's the ultimate feel good musical. Ten stars wouldn't be enough. I love it! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 18, 2005 | | Summary | 3 Stars for This "Classic 80s Film," and 0 for the Second DVD. | Content
| Okay, this movie is popular enough that we all pretty much know the storyline, so let's cut to the chase. While I admittedly like this 80's hit, predictable storyline and all, I can understand why there are people who don't think it's so hot. Oh, the dancing is excellent, the soundtrack is pretty good, and Patrick Swayze is hot. What's not so good? That little snot Jane Brucker has to play, Baby's sister Lisa. Also, why does the cast all look so 60s, and yet Jennifer Grey has same big 80s hair she wore in all her other films back then?
Also, whoever wrote the dialog did a pretty subpar job:
Penny Johnson to Baby when she finds out Robbie knows about her pregnancy: "Go back to your playpen...Baby." It makes me laugh.
Kellerman's nephew: "I love to watch your hair blowing in the breeze." *Snicker.*
Lisa: "I don't hear an apology, Robbie!"
Robbie: "Go back to mommy and daddy, Lisa. Maybe you'll hear one in your dreams." *Chortle."
Lisa: "Where is my BIEGE...IRREDESCENT...LIPSTICK?" *Aw, shut up, ya primadonna!"
Johnny: "Nobody puts baby in the corner." *Histerical laughter ensues.*
Okay, so I have a problem with the script, but I really do like this movie occasionally; I just don't love it. It's good, but too flawed to be a cinematic classic. And for the love of God, would somebody else notice what a great big bundle of energetic and underrated talent Cynthia Rhodes is? I found her to be one of the most likable cast members in the film and she fit her part perfectly. Not only can this girl act, but she can really move! Jennifer Grey is a good actress, and she plays the young impressionable plain Jane who blossoms under Johnny's mentoring skills to the hilt. This is a decent movie one gets into the mood for now and then.
Now, as for the "ultimate DD features," I can tell you right now that the interest level and quality is virtually nonexistent. Most of the interviews are long and boring, the screen test is okay, and the videos of three of the songs really blow. They only serve to remind one of just how bad most of the 80s portion of the soundtrack was, particularly that snivelly, whiny theme song that was penned by the equally snivelly, whiny Franke Previte who wrote similar drivel in the early 80's Foreigner wannabe rock group Franke and the Knockouts. The only truly appreciable feature on this "ultimate" edition is the thoroughly enjoyable trivia track, but that's on the movie DVD anyway. This two-disc set is unnecessary, so unless you're nuts about every single aspect of this movie, my advice is to just go straight for the single DVD and leave this one to the die-hard collectors. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 17, 2005 | | Summary | BEST MOVIE EVER! | Content
| This is one of my favorite movies ever since I was a child. I never get sick of it and can watch it over and over again! My favorite is the ending where baby runs up to Johnny and she jumps up into the air and does that arch thing with Johnny holding her up. AWESOME! I highly recomend this movie for all ages, altough there are some sexual references, ther are very little! ;) |
| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2005 | | Summary | Awesome movie and soundtrack! | Content
| I just saw this again for the umpteenth time, and it just gets better. I enjoy this film for the acting, but moreso for the music. This movie will hit all of your emotions, and you will laugh, cry or both. A classic, and must see! One of, if not the best film of 1987. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 29, 2005 | | Summary | Great Music & Dancing | Content
| This movie has a formula summer romance and great sexy dancing. Dirty dancing means close sexy dancing with wonderful dancing music. Seven new songs were written specifically for the movie. Jimmy Lenner, the executive producer of the soundtrack, wanted to make sure that the new songs had their emotional roots in the early sixties. To him, this was imperative in making the music blend seamlessly into the film. The new songs needed to be as immediate and poignant in 1987 as they would have been in 1963. The new songs included "The Time Of My Life", "Hungry Eyes", "You Don't Own Me", "Where Are You Tonight", and "She's Like The Wind." |
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