Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #220 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-22
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campness, though, is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early 60s) when it would have. Dirty Dancing spawned two successful soundtracks, a short-lived TV series and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze have chemistry, charisma and all the right moves. --Kathy Fennessy, Amazon.com

First and foremost Cocktail is a star vehicle for Tom Cruise, then a paper-thin Horatio Alger story of a young bartender with dreams of get-rich-quick. Success is notable only for Cruise's immense likeability in contrast to a creaky plot and thinly drawn characters. Despite its shortcomings, this is worthwhile viewing for Tom Cruise fans. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and has reluctantly decided to get an abortion. This leaves Johnny a solo act--until Baby agrees to take Penny's place. She has to learn how to dance first, however, and as Johnny teaches her the choreography's sexy, seductive moves, the two fall in love. But Baby's father believes that Johnny is the creep who got Penny pregnant, and he furiously orders Baby to end the relationship. Baby knows that Johnny's innocent--and with her feisty idealism and his dance talent, the two will prove to Baby's father that their love is worth fighting for.

Synopsis
It's summer, 1963. Frances, seventeen and innocent, is on holiday with her parents in the Catskills. She meets Johnny--the hotel dance instructor--and is mesmerised by him and his dance style. She soon becomes Johnny's prize pupil, in dance and in love.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
This is a brilliant film i must have seen it multiple times. patrick swayze is gorgeous as johnny castle and jennifer Grey is just perfect as Baby. The dancing is brilliant and i always get hairs on the back of my neck in the final dance scene. There are lots of extras on this dvd including interviews, deleted scenes, etc. Just wonderful !

I've Had The Time of My Life
This is amazing. I have loved this film for long as I can remember and can barely believe that it is 20 years old!! It is still as fresh as it was when it came out 20 years ago and it's one of those films that you can watch time and time again without getting bored with it.
Great storyline, great characters, great actors and great music make this film one of the best films from the last 20 years.
The 20th Anniversary Edition is good. It has bonus features that you won't get anywhere else with interviews from the two main characters/actors as well as original auditions and lots more. Worth buying even if you own the original version before for the extra alone it's worth it.

I really enjoyed the movie
Dirty Dancing [1987] is a movie which I really enjoyed watching. What really appeals to me about the movie, its nice and simple storyline. The focal point is the bonding between a sexy dance instructor Johnny (Patrick Swayze) and a rich girl Baby who volunteers to cover as a dancing partner based in a holiday resort. The close friendship suffers major setbacks. Does the movie reach a happy ending? All will be revealed in the movie.

The soundtracks accompanying the movie are excellent which include She like the wind, Hungry Eyes and not forgetting Time of your life. The movie is a simply a feel good movie, which really lightens your mood. It maybe a little outdated, but the musical legacy it leaves behind has been carried on. Since the movie celebrates its 20th anniversary, a special edition of the movie should be released this year.

Overall, I really enjoyed the movie and a great collector item in my DVD set. If you appreciate a movie with a good storyline and makes you feel great, then Dirty Dancing will appeal to you. This is the special quality which I admire about any movie. So I will conclude this review with saying "Have the time of your life". This literally means enjoy the movie and feel good, which I certainly did.