DIRTY DANCING (1987) was too much fun!!! - Movie Reaction - FIRST TIME WATCHING 

I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITHT HIS FILM! I was out of breath by the end of this reaction as I just danced and kept dancing. The songs in this film were amazing and that ending dance... WOW!!! They really got the name right with Dirty Dancing as this film is both Dirty and Dancin Thanks for watching! Have a great day :)

"She's Like The Wind" is sung by Patrick Swayze.

I'm going to disagree with you about the pacing of the second half: the story is not only about Johnny and Baby. It's about Baby and her relationship to her father, and how this summer changed that. You need to travel with her through her falling out of favor with her father, watching her sister take her place, and her feeling of displacement in her family; and her confession to Johnny that she doesn't believe the things she used to. There is another element, in which which she and her sister find a moment of recognition and love that wouldn't have been possible without what happened before. And you need time for this; you need to understand what the relationship was, and how it affects both father and daughter when it falls apart: to lead up that scene between the father and daughter where both cry but don't connect. There is a reason that "Baby is in the corner" and that Johnny comes to her rescue there, as she did before. You don't get any of the wonderful payoff to this without watching what happened before. This is not a musical, or a comedy: it's a coming of age story, and it isn't Johnny at the center: it's Baby.

Ah Ollie, it is just so telling of the times you have been born into that it never even accrued to you that 1) Robbie had no intention of ever acknowledging that baby even existed much less wanting to keep it and 2) that abortations were extremely illegal doing that time period and therefore extremely dangerous also.

The song you liked when Johnny lost his job and drove away in his car was written and sung by Patrick Swayze: “She’s Like the Wind.”

"Nobody puts baby yoda in a corner."

Patrick apparently really did a number on himself with that jump thanks to an old dance injury. He was hurting bad but you wouldn’t know it. Also a lot of that frustration in the training scenes was not acting. Also he sang the song that played when he was driving off.

Here's a film I recommend watching if you haven't watched it: Amadeus (1984). I don't think many people have reacted to the movie on RU-vid before. It was once part of the AFI 100 great films of all time. The tone is refreshing. Tragi-comedy about Mozart.

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Patrick was really feed up when Jennifer wasn’t able to stop laughing, it wasn’t planned.

Nobody puts Ollie in a corner.

The song at the end when baby and Johnny are saying goodbye and baby sister is comforting her is actually a song by Patrick swayze himself she's like the wind

That GREAT song you loved when Johnny was saying goodbye to Baby, was written and sung by Patrick Swayze himself.

I was an usher in a movie theater when this movie first came out, and I was always making multiple rounds during the screening of it just so I could watch it, and listen to the brilliant soundtrack ! Great movie ! ❤

Classic, sexy movie. 😎 👍 The "Cry To Me" love scene has been voted one of the sexiest movie moments in cinematic history. Fun Fact: The very famous scene where Johnny and Baby are practicing their dancing and they are crawling towards each other on the floor wasn't intended to be part of the film; they were just messing around and were warming up to do the real scene, but director Emile Ardolino liked it so much, he kept it in the film. Bonus Fact: The song "She's Like The Wind" was co-written by Patrick Swayze with Stacy Widelitz and sung by Patrick Swayze himself.

I don't know if you realize that abortion at this time period would be considered illegal, which is why Penny ended up in some shady place in the first place. Also, Her father probably could have lost his license if it was discovered that he had any involvement in Penny's abortion, and why he probably responded the way that he did when he found out that was what his money went towards. You should check out the Center stage franchise and the Step up franchise. Some of these movies do show the downsides of trying to get into performance art as a career even if you are talented.

In case no one had mentioned it yet but Jennifer Grey is the daughter of Joel Grey who starred in the Broadway play and the Movie Cabaret.

I was OBSESSED with this movie as a kid. I'd literally watch it, rewind and watch it again back to back - which is funny because I was only 5 when it came out! Definitely not a kids movie 😂. I always would like twitch when she did the first twirl on the last dance - guess I wanted to be a dancer at one point? Fantabulous (fantastic and fabulous) is an excellent way to describe it! As badass as that moment when Patrick Swayze jumps off the stage was, I think I heard in interviews that he injured his groin when he did that - ouch 😫.. he sang that sad song where he leaves Baby in the dust. Such a talent!

Patrick Swazye was a dancer before he was a 'fighter'. His mom was a dance teacher in Houston and a choreographer. The Time of My Life is sung by Bill Medley, one of The Righteous Brothers duo. Jennifer Grey's father is Joel Grey, Broadway and movie star.

"I still feel I'm better" In the immortal words of George Costanza: "it's not a lie, if you believe it"

Rip Mr Swayze, triple threat he also sang She's like the wind in this flick. I enjoyed him in Rhoadhouse as a guilty pleasure. Footloose is another dance gem

To touch on your intro, This film was made by a small company called Vestron, Lion's Gate bought the rights to the film later, this film was released in 1987 and Lion's Gate Films was formed in 1997, 10 years later. Also, Lion's Gate Films is not named after the bridge, they are both named after the two North Shore mountain peaks called The Lions. That's why Vancouver's CFL team is called the BC Lions as well. The original Squamish name for the peaks are The Twin Sisters.

Not sure if anyone told you.. but that song you liked "She's like the wind" was written and sung by Patrick Swayze Himself!! Great song!! :)

OMG I love your reaction!!! This movie is a masterpiece!

Dirty Dancing amazing film very classic with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Nobody puts baby in a corner😊👍👍👍

17:42 I'm pretty sure abortions were illegal in the fifties. So women had to resort to what they call back room abortions. Which is why we can't keep letting States get away with these new laws and we hope that Roe v wade Never gets overturned.

It's not supposed to be the Audience that's clapping along but his fellow dirty dancers along the back edge of the walk that was clapping along with him

13:02 My favorite song of the whole movie.

Thank you for reacting to this movie. You are just the right amount of silly. Keep up the good work!

Literally my fave movie. All the music was fire in this movie

You said it was interesting to learn the choreography. I watched a few interviews, and that anger was real because she really couldn't help but giigle and mess up the steps. He's a professional dancer, so he really did get frustrated during those scenes, teaching her to dance at first.

The actress who played Baby actually won Dancing With The Stars.

singing in the rain

Saturday Night Fever is a must. Little Shop of Horrors is fun. Around the time Grease came out Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie also came out. It's a bit off the wall movie based on Beatles'songs and stars Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees. Silly movie but great 70s eye candy.

Patrick swayze sung the second to last song in the film

One of my favorites. Definitely an 80s classic.

It was fun watching this with you. Love your personality 🌸

I love seeing a young man enjoy this movie! Back in '87 (I was 12) guys would never admit they liked it. They were afraid of the color pink too, so it makes sense! Thanks for doing this...I enjoyed it!

Loved this reaction. You dancing with them 😂. Thank you❤

"She's Like The Wind" was sang by Swayze himself :)

Your mama says you're a tree..? You must answer, "I am Groot"

Aren’t we all basically Patrick Swayze when we watch Dirty Dancing?? How can you not groove along The speech she gives her dad on the dock always makes me cry my eyes out

Great review! Since you're a Patrick Swayze fan, you should watch "Red Dawn" - Jennifer Grey is in it too. It's very different from Dirty Dancing, but it's such a great 80's movie

This is so strange! I thought "Let's see if anyone new has reacted to Dirty Dancing on RU-vid" and lo and behold, my FAVORITE reactor has just watched it! Fantastic! And even more amazingly, Jennifer Grey (Baby) has just signed on for a sequel, back at the original resort!

For musicals to watch from the 80's - "Footloose" is really good. "Xanadu" with Olivia Newton-John is a lot of fun, you'll likely appreciate the dated special effects too, which were innovative for the time

Saw in the comments, Little Shop of Horrors, totally agree, we put that on in high school, amazing! Here is a must see, Damn Yankees. If you like Baseball. A great movie of a stage production is Noises Off. You will laugh so much!!

Heyo! First time watcher and I gotta say, you have an awesome and positive vibe man!

a great musical for you to react to is "Singing In The Rain".. other great music related movies to react to "Footloose" (starring Kevin Bacon), "Shall We Dance" (starring Jennifer Lopez),

Thanks, Oliver! 💃🏻

So funny.. I had just watched your reaction to Grease and loved it so I suggested you try Dirty Dancing and Voila! You already did it, so I got back to back treats of these great reactions. So I'm going to try that again and suggest you watch La Bamba, it has all these elements you seem to 💕, also for a great dance movie from the 80's that I haven't seen anyone react to, check out Salsa, you won't stop dancing in your seat! Please keep it up, I'm loving these! 😁♥️♥️♥️👍😎

I was so young when I first saw this movie that I had no idea what was wrong with Penny. I also didn’t understand why Baby saying she envied Penny made Penny upset. I used to just love the dancing and music. Now I love this movie for the social issues it brings up and deals with along with great story telling. Baby is infatuated with Johnny, but by the end she has grown and is in love with him as he is with her.

Kenny Ortega, who did the choreography for HSM, did the choreography for this film, too. Patrick Swayze sang the song wa his character, Johnny, was driving away. RIP Patrick Swayze.

That song you heard after Johnny left was "She's Like the Wind" and it was performed by Patrick Swayze himself. He even wrote it. He was such a talented man - actor, singer, dancer - he was a triple threat, lol.

Watching you react to this gem was fantabulous! If you wanna watch more good time music/dance movies, I’d recommend „Hairspray“ and „Blues Brothers“ - both 80ies classics :)

Great musicals to watch "Chicago", "Camalot", "The Phantom of the opera", "Sweeny todd", Annie", "Little shop of horrors" , Strickly Ballroom", "Saturday night Fever" , "The Pirate" and if you want really crazy "The Forbidden zone".

The song they played when Johnny left was called she's like the wind, its Patrick Swayze singing it lol

Really happy you did this one, Ollie. I wanted to suggest that, if you liked the dancing, check out "Flashdance." I mention that for another reason besides the dancing. I've watched a dozen reactors gush over Patrick Swayze and never mention Cynthia Rhodes. So it's always Swayze and "his partner." Rhodes is a jaw-droppingly accomplished dancer and you'll see why, if you watch "Flashdance." The women love the sexy Swayze and he's also a guy's guy, so Rhodes resides mainly in the "Swayze's partner" category; so just giving a callout! And, if you watch it, you could shake off the "tree" image. :) I'm like a tree too, but it's the enthusiasm, right? :)

I love it when reviewers point out camera work and lightning because these are things I never notice. But one it's pointed out, I realize how it made the scene better

Good reaction. I highly recommend you check out Footloose (1980s and 2011), Hairspray (2007), Annie (1980s and 1999), West Side Story (1961 and 2021), and The Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland).

I had the time of my life watching this reaction. Your dance moves were icing on the cake.

Great reaction! 😊 I've been waiting all week for this one. This is without a doubt my top favorite Patrick Swayze movie along with "Ghost". Such a great cast, great dance numbers, and one of my all-time favorite movie soundtracks. 25:27 Love Patrick Swayze's song "She’s Like The Wind" during this scene. Since you've already reacted to "Ghost", other fantastic Patrick Swayze movie that I very highly recommend is "The Outsiders". That movie also has a stellar cast. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

I second other commentors to say watch Chicago!

If you are developing a love for musicals, there are several you can start with: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers; My Fair Lady; Victor/Victoria; Singing In The Rain; Mary Poppins; Oliver; The Music Man Those are just a few to get you started

Some celebs in England recreated it and did scenes and lot and I found out a lot. The scene where they sing and crawl on floor…that was them practicing the scene. The kept the camera rolling and they loved it so kept it in and same as when they did it in the water scene with lift it was practise.

I have three older sisters. This movie was on for about ten years at my house .

There is a musical version, with Abigail Breslin, adapted from the stage version of the movie.

Patrick Swayze sag She's like the Wind.

If you like Patrick Swayze check out the song from this film "She's like the wind" sang by Patrick Swayze. He's my favorite actor.⁰

others musical movies you will love too Footloose,Flashdance. Competly différent I hope you will react to Dances with Wolves. It'snt dancing movie but one of great movie I ever seen. It's a must see movie.

If you want a real musical, “Jesus Christ superstar.” Excellent!!!!!

"West Side Story" (1961), "Oliver", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Singing in the Rain", "The Sound of Music"... are some of the greatest musicals ever made. It would be amazing if you could react to them on the channel.

GREAT reaction, thank you!!!

The guy you said you know plays Newman in the Seinfeld series, and is the reason the first Jurassic Park went to shit because he sold out the park to the competitors

One of the proms I attended had a dirty dancing contest, if that tells you how popular this movie was. Other recommendations: Flashdance, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Footloose, Roadhouse, Ghost.

This film was done in 3 months.so had to learn it all no wonder Patrick got annoyed with her lol 😂 he was more known as a dancer 🕺 also Patrick wrote she’s like the wind about his wife..

Swayze and Gray didn't get along AT ALL during filming. Swayze was already a very accomplished dancer and took it extremely serious. He was genuinely annoyed when Gray kept giggling. He thought she wasn't taking it seriously, and she thought he was an overbearing jerk They did such a great acting job as characters with chemistry that you never would have known they hated each other.

I'm going to suggest Cabaret. Academy award winner, classic, and a musical! And Jennifer Gray's father is in it!

Another great early Patrick Swayze a movie I haven't seen anybody react to yet, And is a bit on point for what's going on with the war. So if you want to feel the way us genexers felt in the eighties you should watch the movie Red Dawn. Obviously make sure you're watching the original with Patrick Swayze and not the remake from a few years ago.

You dancing > just adorable.

In cinemas in my country title of this movie was "Wirujący seks" ("Swirling Sex"). After years tv stations started broadcasting this movie with original title.

React to the movie "Dance with Me" from 1998 with Chayanne and Vanessa Williams.

Nobody puts Baby Yoda in the corner.

You should watch the musical “Cry Baby”.

Such a great movie. The soundtrack isn't bad either. You are a handsome guy. Keep doing what you're doing. You are very entertaining.

As far as musicals, I recommend West Side Story, Grease 2, and Oliver

Dirty Dancing = 100% Pure American. It's who we are and how we think.

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@RolyPolyOllie Reactions It was definitely illegal at the time On a side note love the channel name!

If you liked this movie you would also like Strictly Ballroom is easily on a par with Dirty Dancing.

Jennifer Grey is the daughter of Broadway legend Joel Grey, who just recently died. Joel was one of the stars of Cabaret. After this movie, Jennifer had extensive plastic surgery and her nose doesn't look the same at all. Abortion was illegal at this point, she didn't want her father involved in a crime. Baby's father, Jerry Orbach, is also a Broadway star, as well as one of the stars of the original Law & Order.

About the bootleg abortion, the guy had a dirty knife and a folding table, and they paid him hundreds of dollars to do it. They could've done it themselves. Heck, Baby could've pulled the baby out herself and saved hundreds of dollars. That's like things I've seen as a man who works in technology. People have told me they pay a guy $80 to dispose of their old computers. I've told them I'll do it for $40. LOL. I take the old computer and use the parts in it as replacements for future clients.

If ya wanna watch Musicals....I like "Rock of Ages" but it kinda sucks that Tom Cruise is in it tho...LOL.... Also "Into the Woods" was kinda cool. "LaLa Land" was pretty cool too!

Yeah, that's probably what I did when I first saw this film. Put a teddy on my lap, for obvious reasons. LMAO. Sorry, couldn't resist that one. I was quite into Jennifer Grey growing up. As for the log, I wouldn't recommend dancing on one. Patrick Swayze injured his back falling from that one during filming. Incidentally this film was released on the second day of the Great Storm of 1987 in the UK. October 16th. Fastest recorded winds on the British Mainland ever. Still stands I believe. I could keep digging my mind for all I know about this film but there's a Wargames (1983) reaction to get to.

I learnt choreography by watching it too much lol 😂

I've always wanted a pet chicken, lol pretty sure it was Dinner not a pet

Hi. Great reaction. Please react to the director’s cut off Little Shop of Horrors (1986). It’s a fun musical set in the early ‘60s with fantastic songs.

I'm suggesting THE CAR starring James Brolin for a movie reaction video. A demon possessed car that kills apparently just for kicks, set out West in the 70s. MUCH better than it sounds.

Have you watched Footloose yet? I'd love to see your reaction to that. Also, just because of your name, I'd love to see your reaction to the movie musical Oliver!

You should do reactions with others...it's fun 😄

I was watching this yesterday and thought it is sad how most young people nowadays have little patience and shorter attention spans because that’s what things like TikTok and fast-paced action packed films will do to you eventually. No one has the patience to sit down and calmly enjoy a story unfolding anymore; if there’s no action for a period of five minutes, they’ll already start yawning and fidgeting. No offense here, Ollie, I don’t mean to say you are like that, it’s just something I’ve been observing with a lot of young people, and something that always comes to my mind when I hear them complain a movie moves forward too slowly. The first part of this movie was building towards the dance performance. The second part is about the dynamics and relationships between the characters, and their development. You cannot rush through that, it needs a bit of time, otherwise it’d be unrealistic. I was surprised you didn’t notice it was Patrick’s voice when you commented on how good a song ”She’s like the wind” was. Otherwise great reaction, I like that you take the time to review the films you’ve reacted to at the end of each video.