Product: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: 5.0
Maybe I didn't see the same movie others did!
It would appear that others have reviewed a different movie, with talk about Swayze's character guilty of statutory rape. Baby's father clearly states that she's 'starting Mount Holyoke in the fall'...that's a college, not a high school. So she's at *least* 17, but for the purpose of the movie, I assumed she was 18, and that the part of 'Johnny' was a young man of 20 or so. I was 18 when I graduated from high school!The movie is excellent, IMO. The clothing was dead on for 1963, as was the music. Baby is a brainy, sheltered, socially conscious but socially uneasy young woman. In meeting a group of earthy, street-wise young people, she is suddenly awakened, both sexually and emotionally, and the final part of her growing up falls into place. As well, for the first time, she is introduced to a way of life in which everyone is not treated equally, but is judged on their looks or backgrounds, which she finds unfair. For the first time in her life, she stands up to authority and begins to think for herself, for what she feels is right, even against her beloved Daddy. And then she knows she is truly on the road to adulthood.