Dirty Dancing

Good movie!

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Oh god I wish that I could say there was good things in this remake but unfortunately the bad outweighs the good. Let's start out with casting. Abaigail Breslin possibly the worst casting ever she had no chemistry with her co-star, she had absolutely no rhythm so watching her dance was a painful experience in itself and to add insult to injury I found her to be extremely annoying to watch. Colt Prattes wasn't horrible and I didn't mind his rendition of Do You Love Me but I just couldn't see the chemistry between his character and Baby with Nicole Scherzinger and Katey Sagal sure there was the chemistry that was clearly lacking with Abaigail Breslin but I could see why people were commenting that Nolan Gerard Funk would've been a better Johnny. Sarah Hyland did great with what she was given and honestly I would've preferred her as Baby. The parents were irrelevant I mean why were they even given a story line. The music was meh. I mean they destroyed She's Like The Wind but whatever. What killed me was the dancing. I mean it's called Dirty Dancing for gods sake and there was none of that. It was supposed to be great dancing culminating into an amazing end dance number and all I saw was something truly cringe worthy. Nothing but swaying, a few basic side to side steps and some twirls thrown in for effect. It was nothing but a disappointment and don't get me started on that ending lord what a waste. So that's 2 hours I'll never get back. So do yourself a favor you wanna watch Dirty Dancing watch the original because this will suck out your soul and leave you ranting at what they've done to such an amazing film. If I could rate this a zero I would. A 1 is being generous.

I maybe watched 10-15 minutes of this and thought I was in hell. The acting left nothing to be desired. I couldn't believe I even sat as long as I did watching this. Do yourself a favor and watch the original Dirty Dancing, you will see more magic and chemistry. This version had 0 chemistry. I can't believe Katy Segal even agreed to be in this one.

Time is infinite, with any generational reference simply a personal recollection..... overlapping and intertwining..... as each new life takes its first breath, along with each departing life offering its last, and somewhere in between those parameters, we all live. As each sunset marks larger segments of our chronology, there is a never ending tendency to reminisce about the "good ole days", when in reality, what we experience now in the present will be the current, more youthful generation's "it's sure not like it used to be" reference when making similar future comparisons. Now, from my own emotional perspective, although I can't possibly imagine how anything or anyone appearing in a remake presented on modern day television can compare to a movie like the original "Dirty Dancing" of thirty years ago, I can only hope as they watch this attempt, today's viewers will form those same fond irreplaceable memories I did, so during their later years, they can look back, take pause and smile as I do now in retrospect. However, if I may borrow from that great American Patriot, Archie Bunker..... "Those were the days!" And with all due respect to those involved in tonight's presentation, as "nobody puts Baby in a corner", no one should have ever presented what was shown on screen this evening.

This must be a parody! Otherwise I can't explain the existence of this film. They wrote off memorable lines. The acting was dreadful. he choreography non existing and don't get me started on the character development. They focused too much on secondary characters and they missed the point. Don't waste your time people. Go watch the original.

Let me preface by saying I've seen the original about a thousand times. I simply love it. The reboot(which should be given the boot) is truly jaw-dropping in how terrible it is and how off the reservation it went. I'm all for creative liberties but come on? The sub plots are all over the place and it has been turned into a musical! Many of the memorable or iconic moments from the original lack the "oomph" or emotion from the original. Let's start with our leading lady. I like Abigail Breslin. I think she is a great actress but she is no Baby! The Baby of the original was spunky and feisty, this one though, not so much. She came across as frumpy, hello wardrobe people - where were you?, didn't quite pull off the brainy vibe and she had ZERO chemistry with her leading man. And she cannot dance. It was stiff, stilted and awkward at best.Our leading man, Colt Prattes? Never heard of him and now I know why. There was no suave to him. No Patrick Swayze/Johnny Castle innate broody sex appeal. It's like my cat bringing me a dead mouse. I'll look at it but I ain't touching it! Their chemistry is unbelievable and seems forced 90% of the time. The iconic love moments feel watered down and I simply couldn't feel anything for the characters who I love so much in the original. The original features original songs from the era. Almost all of the music has been covered by another artist and Johnny doing a live rendition of Love Man? Just no. No. NO. No. The we have the parents fighting and making up, talking about divorce,singing at pianos etc. What? The movie ends 12 years in the future with Baby attending a Broadway play based on a book she wrote about that summer. She and Johnny aren't together and she's married to someone else. Where is the happily ever after EVERYONE was rooting for in the original? Seriously. That alone made this a total bomb in my book. I forced myself to finish this movie. The best part? The ending. My advice? Stick with the original folks. It's as close to perfect as you'll ever get!

This was an awful remake! AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!! They should never have even tried to remake it. The classic original was enough for us to enjoy for a lifetime. I agree with the prior reviews that the dancing in here was very awkward and no where near as hot and spicy as the dancing in the original. I do like Abigail Breslin, but not as Baby Houseman. She does not have the moves at all and appears very awkward when she dances. I think they are trying to be all politically correct by not casting a skinny girl for the part this time, but the part at least needs someone who it not awkward and can dance with heat and spice. As for the ending in the last few minutes when it suddenly jumps to the future and we see that Johnny and Baby do not get together after all, WHY WHY WHY did they have to do this. It's a major slap in the face to all of us audience members who sat through the whole three hours of their awkward remake just to see that ending! HIGHLY DISAPPOINTING!!!

I'll put it to you this way...I have been on IMDb for many, many years and THIS is my first review because I am compelled to ware people to "Save yourselves!" One of the worst remakes I have ever seen. The acting , lip-syncing and dancing were all terrible. The iconic ending saw soo bad especially when everybody was trying to sing. It was just ridiculous.

First of all, the good. The music was fairly good. If the actors did their own singing, they did a decent job. Also, once you got past the two leads, the actors were pretty good. The bad was the dancing and connection between the main characters. Unlike the original, you see no emotion between them. The dancing was not even near the original in quality. While the backup dancers were very good, the leads reminded me of the week 4 participants on "Dancing With The Stars". Most of the dancing was shot around the dancing. Few full body dance steps were seen as most shots were upper body shots leaving us to wonder what their feet were doing. I did like the idea that Baby was watching the stage version and reminiscing about that summer. The ending gave some closure to their future lives. I have seen the original, the stage version and now the remake. The original is still far and away the best, the stage version a distant second and the remake not worth your time. Neither capture the character development and emotion of the original.