This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Let's get this straight. There is no Patrick Swayze in this movie. Abigail Breslin is not Jennifer Gray. The dance scenes are a little overly choreographed for my taste. This isn't as good as the original movie, and the remake of She's Like the Wind is pretty much garbage, HOWEVER, if you take this as a movie on its own... it isn't that bad. The expansion of Lisa Houseman and Mr. and Mrs. Houseman is nice. Breslin's Baby is wonderfully awkward in my opinion and is a more realistic bookworm/nerd. Billy Dee Williams is a nice addition to the cast as the band leader and it touches nicely on the changing views of race in the 60s. Was the singing necessary? No, but it makes it interesting and just different enough. Unlike a lot of people I knew when I watched the original that Baby and Johnny didn't wind up together, so the ending change isn't sad for me and is another nice addition to the story.This will never beat the original, but for a TV movie it's enjoyable. And I get to hear Breslin sing again, something that I haven't been able to enjoy since she did Janie Jones nearly a decade ago. All in all, I enjoyed it.

This is my 1st review on here and I'm reviewing it so people actually give it a shot they WON'T regret. 1stly don't go into it expecting the original that's just foolishness, if you're going to watch it then watch it for the sake of the movie and not its predecessor as that is in a completely different league of its own as this one is too for its time and what it represents. It starts off terribly where I was literally laughing at how bad it was If anyone rates the movies based on the start it would be a wasted experience that's so good i literally can't wait to watch it all again. In a nutshell i cried no less than 3 times a combination of joy, awe and sorrow combined go throughout the film and lost track of how many times I screamed at certain scenes. It is raw, emotional, heart wrenching and complete contradictions of what's expected from start to finish and that's what i loved about it & it's only as the movie progresses does the beauty of that manifest. It's a masterpiece that will never get its due based on the offshoot of the original and that is simply the reality of it.It was trully one of my favourite movies ever watched which says so much in this day'n age where everything is about making the next buck and nothing about the viewers and actors and experiences anymore.I was going to give it an 8 but by the end of the movie it was a definite 10

I am a huge fan of the original movie, so I was already skeptic about this version...classics like this just shouldn't be touched. And I was so right...Watched about 20 minutes of this new version and couldn't bare to watch another minute! Awful acting, it was all simply horrendous. If their intention was to make a parody about the movie, then they succeeded...just the most horrendous movie I ever (almost) watched. Don't waste your time.

I will give it a 4 because:-the music was almost the original, since it was more of a musical...meh -the last dance... I mean... come on... The original was magnificent, filled with emotions and power... this one... nope...-it was nice to see more of some second characters -her sister was not that nice... Stop changing characters as you please, it destroys the story...-the ending... come on... You ruined everyone, and I mean everyone's fantasy with Jonny and Baby being forever together... why would you do that? Just for the plot twist? This is a drama-romance story, not some experiment. -the beginning and last scene... even i saw better green screen usage at a pro gamer stream. Would have been too much effort to use an actual street? -you broke my heart... gonna watch the original now. Cya, and never remake Dirty Dancing again. Please...