Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sensual... the sweet sleeper of a hot season. [21 Aug 1987]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
It's a wonderfully corny story, performed exuberantly by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. When these two get together, you practically have to get out the fire extinguishers.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Vincent Canby
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]Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
Flirts throughout with cliches, and some of the more melodramatic plot devices creak at the joints. Still, the potency of this pop romantic can't be denied. [24 Aug 1987]Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Schickel
If the ending of Eleanor Bergstein's script is too neat and inspirational, the rough energy of the film's song and dance does carry one along, past the whispered doubts of better judgment. [14 Sept 1987]Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Jack Curry
Motivations are murky, the dialogue is flat. But the movie never lets too much plot get between the dance numbers. [21 Aug 1987]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Unfortunately, the idea for Dirty Dancing exceeds the execution...and the story resolves itself all too conveniently in that final scene.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
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.Read Full Review »
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