Didn't have the time of my life, but it's pretty good

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2014)

Even if you're not into chick flicks, DIRTY DANCING is worth the price of admission just for the two leads alone. Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze (rest his soul) make for ideal casting. Their intensity smolders, and that kind of chemistry doesn't grow on trees. Oh, and Cynthia Rhodes' dancing scene - that was five kinds of steamy. Geez, that woman.
And I was onboard with the '80s songs in an early '60s movie (it oddly works) until the kid put on the record and an '80s song actually starts playing. Nevermind that it was the extremely schmaltzy "The Time of My Life", that was just cheese overboard. Although in all fairness, this movie does not shy away from the cheese: "Nobody puts Baby in a corner"; really, she's just sitting there at the table, it's not like someone backs her into the margins literally. It's a really hammy metaphor.
But this movie was surprisingly involving; and at the very least, the dancing scenes are worth it.
6.5/10