Product: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: 5.0
great 80's melodrama
When I watched this again recently, it dawned on me that in 2003 I was looking back on 1987 looking back on the early 60s. In a surreal way, it is sappy, naively sexy, heart warming and complexly nostaligic.I think that Jennifer Grey is stunning, as I did in 1987. It is surprising to me that she didn't reach greater heights as a movie star. Patrick Swayze is at his peak of sexiness here, although I clearly remember being more impressed by his sensuality in 1987. The dancing is entertaining, but contrived. (I can almost hear the director scream "action!" at the beginning of each dance scene.)Even without the fun of the retrospective angle, this is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. It has a moral. It gives a glipse of a different era and a different social scene. The good guys win. Boy gets girl - at least momentarily. Mom and Pop are happy with the resolution.My recommendation: see this movie once a decade so that you can look back on looking back on looking back. That's my plan.