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Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

PG-13 100 minutes EN Drama , Music , Romance
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
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Jennifer Grey
Frances 'Baby' Houseman
Patrick Swayze
Johnny Castle
Jerry Orbach
Dr. Jake Houseman
Cynthia Rhodes
Penny Johnson
Jack Weston
Max Kellerman
Jane Brucker
Lisa Houseman
Kelly Bishop
Marjorie Houseman
Lonny Price
Neil Kellerman
Max Cantor
Robbie Gould
Neal Jones
Billy Kostecki

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Pretty iconic.
Not sure how I hadn't logged this until now, given it's a film I watched quite a bit growing up due to it being my mum's favourite movie. Better late than never! 'Dirty Dancing' is entertaining - cheesy, but entertaining. What helps is the ace soundtrack, which culminates with the classic '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' scene.
The film flies through its 100-minute run time and features super chemistry between leads Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, two who give strong performances. Jerry Orbach (Just me confusing him with Jonathan Hyde? Probably.) is good too. As you'd expect, the dance numbers are all on point as well.
I've never checked out the 2004 prequel, 'Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'. It's next up, though high hopes I do not hold - but we'll see.

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An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.

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Production companies: Great American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $214,577,242

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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