voted as one of the movies to watch over and over again

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2007)

Dirty Dancing is a very emotional movie filled with suspense and romance. Throughout the movie there are many moral and self values turned inside out. The situations that occur throughout the movie cause the characters to think about their beliefs and the actions they should take. There are many instances where the characters judge each other based on what they do or how they act. This type of judgment is done all the time. There aren't many people who can honestly say that he or she hasn't just looked at a person and passed judgment.
When Baby and her sister are introduced to Robbie and the manager's nephew it there are hellos exchanged followed by what they are currently enrolled in or planned to be enrolled in. This automatically sets the stage of how good people are and if they are worthy f certain people's company. The manager has a meeting with all the wait staff and tells them to make sure all the daughters have a good time. Then it is shown that the manger does not want to dance staff to do the same thing. That shows that the manager hasn't the same faith in all the people he hires.
When Baby follows a worker back to the workers chambers she sees the life they live and at first she is incredibly shocked. She sees people acting as she had never seen before and the viewer can clearly see that she has no idea what to say or how to act in this environment. Baby is judging the workers in her head and the workers are doing the same to her. She knows that she shouldn't be back there with the workers but she goes anyway. Baby comes off as a 'goody-two-shoes', but in the end she is just a person who thinks of others and tries to do good by all.
There isn't a lot of focus on Baby's decision to sleep with Johnny. However, when it comes to her sister sleeping with Robbie there is discussion and thought put into it. Baby automatically assumes that her sister doesn't love Robbie. Baby knows about the things Robbie has done and so she tries to talk her sister out of making a mistake.
Baby also passes judgment on Johnny before she gets to know him. She assumes he is responsible for getting Penny pregnant. She assumes that they are together. She of course finds out that isn't true and she tries to help Penny out. She runs to her father and asks for the money for the abortion even though she knows it is wrong and against the law. She is forced to make a decision between what she knows is right and wrong and what she feels needs to be done to help an individual out. Baby makes a strong willed decision and knows that she can not tell her father because he wouldn't approve but she does it anyway.
Baby not only questions her own beliefs but she also questions her father and the way he treats people. He passes judgment many times throughout the movie and in the end he is shown that many of his accusations were wrong. Baby tries to explain to him that he isn't being fair and that he needs to listen to his own words and think about the true meaning behind them.
When Baby first arrives at the camp she tends to keep to herself and then by the end of the movie she is standing up for people and helping people out. She has changed. She becomes more involved in what she feels rather than what her father would like her to feel. She becomes her own self.