Liked it as much as I did when it came out

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2011)

In the early eighties there were a few movies like this; Dirty Dancing, Fame, and Flashdance. This was my least favorite of them all. I'm sure there is a town which banned dancing somewhere in this country, but that's why I liked this one the least. Despite the ban on dancing, most of the teens knew how to dance. It just didn't ring true. Don't get me wrong, the acting was very good, especially from John Lithgow and Diane Wiest, who never disappoint. Kevin Bacon was convincing as the rebel, and Lori Singer was good too. I guess the transformation of the late Chris Penn was more like science fiction then a non-dancer turning into a Michael Jackson over night. I would have preferred that he did okay. Then there was the flashback of the last 2 years of high school I spent in rural Kansas. A big Saturday night was spent "cow tipping" or swinging off a rope and diving into a river. Of course that was after everyone but me was drunk. I couldn't relate. I didn't participate, and thought it was lame-brained. I feel that the Kevin Bacon would have shown a little bit more of "I'm in Hell" than he did. Anyway, I loved the soundtrack. Watching it 27 years later tonight was for the soundtrack. Kevin Bacon has done much better work since then.