Product: Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rating: 4.0
Good movie for kid's talk about stupidity
If you haven't seen Dirty Dancing, don't read my review because it contains spoilers.I like this movie, in spite of the stupidity of sex outside marriage by one girl right after another girl almost dies from an abortion. (Gee, it couldn't happen to me, could it?) The lead female gets 'exposed' to a lot of immorality, finding her 'true love;' along the way learning to lie, cheat, and steal but still winding up happily ever after? Typical Hollyweird.The dancing leaves something to be desired also, unless you count sex standing up clothed as dancing. They do better with some of the standard ballroom stuff, which looks classier and less like hookers advertising on the boulevard. There are decent resolutions to some of the plot lines, and overall it is an enjoyable if cautionary tale of youth with just enough knowledge to get themselves in real trouble. The music is pretty decent too.If parents and kids watch it together then at least this fable could be used for teaching lessons such as why passion is not enough on which to build solid relationships or the terror of abortion.The special features of the ultimate edition are very interesting and instructive, except for the slobbering over the gay director who died of AIDS at 50. I like to watch interviews and 'making of' specials with my kids and grandkids because I want them to know just how much fantasy goes into a film, and there is a great deal in this one.