Product: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: 4.0
Good hearted 80s coming-of-age mini-classic
Sweet, unabashedly sentimental coming of age tale, set in a resort the Catskills mountains- an area that was once the summer get away for upper-middle class Jewish families fromall over the New York area.The dancing is hot, the acting is a mix (Grey and Orbach are very good, Swayze tries hard,looks great, but is a better dancer than actor ).The ending feels very Hollywood, which is too bad, because the film seemed to promisemore complexity in its gently satirical look at early 60s America in the first half.Plus some very creaky, cliche sub-plots start to invade the film as well.Yet the story is told with an honest and good heart, and there's a reason it's becomea mini-classic. Do I think it's a great movie? No. But can I understand why ageneration that grew up with it cherish it as a wonderful coming of age fantasy?Absolutely.