Altogether enjoyable!

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2003)

The basic plot's been written up several times, so I'll not write it up again. This film has excellent music and dance - plain and simple! The relationship between Baby and Johnny is in there for the women, who demand some romance in every film. The film is mainly about how hung up everyone was in the early 60s and how kids used to "dirty dance" behind their parents' collective backs. I grew up in this time, although the dancing that my friends and I did wasn't quite as "dirty" as what was depicted in this film. But it was still "lewd" according to the older generation. Remember, these were the folks who wouldn't allow Elvis to be shown below the waist on TV for another couple of years. So I knew the whole mindset and the scene firsthand and it brought back a few memories! I loved this film and gave it a solid 8.