After 20 years, I finally decided to give this a try. It's just touching... the title doesn't do justice to this little gem.

Rating: Null/10 (19 September 2011)

Back in the days I had refused to watch this. Every girl I knew liked it, it was marketed as "dirty" lascivious dancing, and I just hate dancing honestly. This seemed just stupid. Well, I had made a terrible mistake. Now that Patrick is gone (may he rest in peace), I decided I'd watch everything he ever did - because I really liked the style of the guy, and he fought until the end, like his Dalton character in Road House. Also, movies from the 80's have a heart compared to the cold twilight garbage of today. I'll concede I was a teenager in the later 80's so I may have a bias. Who wouldn't.
What a surprise this was. First of all, maybe this was marketed as "dirty dancing" for the sake of attracting some crowd from the Saturday Night fever era (how sad that movie was btw), or to attract men to it - yet that was such a mistake - should have been called "Love dance" or something like that. This is a "coming of age" movie, about heart, love and dancing, it's a drama about the clash of social classes, abuse, a reminder of the consequences of prohibiting abortion(women pay a price), a movie about family, jealousy, team spirit and it's filled with nice music and songs. This movie is about beauty and fighting for what you believe is right and what feels right and it's quite touching for something that light and entertaining - it's a feel good movie. Yes, I'm a guy. Swayze shines with his dancing, his smile, his acting. He's very natural and fun to watch. Yet the movie is not so much about him as it is about everything else, he's just a catalyst... it's really about a girl becoming a woman through her love and compassion... it all has a "musical" quality to it without being a "musical".
There's no need to go into the details of the story which you will easily figure out when you watch it. My point is that if you've refrained from watching this, well, just watch it, even if you have to do it while your girlfriend is asleep lolll (better yet, watch it with her and dance!!!)... it's just magical and cute!!!