Review of Dirty Dancing (1987) by Scott Weinberg for eFilmCritic.com — 24 Jul 2002

Reasonably well-constructed wish-fulfillment girly stuff.

This review of Dirty Dancing (1987) was written by Scott Weinberg and published by eFilmCritic.com on 24 Jul 2002.

Dirty Dancing has generally received positive reviews.

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