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“The film flies through its 100-minute run time”
r96sk · TMDB reviews ↗
“the famous final dance”
KelvinSelimor · Metacritic ↗
“that iconic last scene which EVERYONE knows about”
tobeery · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 8% · too thin for a score · how this works
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“Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sensual... the sweet sleeper of a hot season. [21 Aug 1987]”
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times · 90
“Dirty Dancing is "Flashdance" with a triple-digit IQ.”
Jay Scott, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 88
“Above all, you've got Jennifer Grey, as a rich girl summering in the Catskills and falling for her working-class dance instructor, played by Patrick Swayze. The chemistry between them is red-hot, and they're wonderful dancers.”
F. X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly · 80
“Flirts throughout with cliches, and some of the more melodramatic plot devices creak at the joints. Still, the potency of this pop romantic can't be denied. [24 Aug 1987]”
David Ansen, Newsweek · 80
“The dancing itself, especially the dirty dancing, choreographed by Kenny Ortega, looks very contemporary, or, at least, as contemporary as "Saturday Night Fever," but it has a drive and a pulse that give the filim real excitement. [21 Aug 1987, p.C3]”
Vincent Canby, The New York Times · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 25 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“the famous final dance”
KelvinSelimorabout 80–100% inread it ↗
“that iconic last scene which EVERYONE knows about”
tobeeryabout 85–100% inread it ↗
“If you minus Patrick Swayze`s charisma and camera focusing on Jennifer Grey`s wriggling ass and all other girls body parts from this movie, what left is poorly written story, bad acting and dialogs as if made up by a teen, not too bright one. With all above IN the movie - it is poor story, bad acting and pathetic dialogs still, however it usually gets above average marks because of nostalgia in general and Patrick Swayze specifically, and basic instincts, dorky edition, mixed with time when gra”
bronn_43read it ↗
“An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.”
Sosmooth1982read it ↗
“The film flies through its 100-minute run time”
r96skabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“This was schmaltzy but decent and could have been a lot worse. Normally I run from this sort of film like the plague but Patrick Swayze's recent death and me greatly enjoying 'Point Break' recently made me want to check out another one of his finest roles ('Ghost' and 'Road House' will have to wait, methinks.). When I got my first DJ-ing job, working the night shift at the now-defunct K-102 FM in Woodstock as a teenager, I often received calls asking for any of the three hit songs from its stell”
talisencrwread it ↗
“A pretty simplistic film with a plot that's more of an excuse to show dance scenes and an extremely surface level handling of the issues of gender and class that it raises, but it's pretty cute and also I'm bisexual so I like it anyway.”
testrread it ↗
“An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.”
Andre Gonzalesread it ↗
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