Bad filmmaking 101

Rating: Null/10 (2 March 2004)

No matter how lousy a film is, if you make it sappy enough people will just lick it up.
This is one of the worst films of the 80s, and I can't fathom how so many people rate it so highly. The only good actor is Jerry Orbach, and he's hardly on screen. The film uses every single cliche in the book, from the "good little girl who's so repressed" to the "spontaneous" choreographed finale. This is like a lesson in how to make a bad movie.
I'm not surprised that plenty of people seem to enjoy watching this film. But that doesn't make it "good". If you like the music because it reminds you of your childhood, fine. If you admire baby because you wished you could broken out of your prison when you were a teenager, fine. And if you like seeing Swayze shake his booty around, that's fine, too.
But don't say this is actually a good film. It's awful.