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May 24, 2017
75
Breslin does a credible job with the role of Baby. ... The film tries to make a star out of him [Colt Prattes], and if that doesn’t quite happen, it nevertheless succeeds at showing the hidden talents of some of the medium’s most durable stars.
May 24, 2017
50
Between the bad lip-syncing, the inexplicable addition of musical numbers, and the pale imitation of classic moments from the original film, it just doesn’t work.
May 24, 2017
50
Breslin and Prattes are more or less adequate in the pivotal lead roles, but certainly no match for the smoldering chemistry that Swayze and Grey displayed both on and off the dance floor.
May 22, 2017
42
ABC's earnest, anodyne remake has managed to surgically extract the magic--leaving the story and signature lines intact while suctioning out all the subtlety, charm and lead chemistry that defined the iconic 1987 original. [26 May 2017, p.55]
May 23, 2017
40
In summary, the new Dirty Dancing is disappointing and a bit all over the place. But its biggest sin is that it’s bloated and boring.
May 23, 2017
40
A real musical deploys its songs organically; here they tend to interrupt rather than enhance. ... [A] sterile imitation.
May 25, 2017
40
This TV movie is bloated with additional storylines and loses the joy of the original. ... Be prepared to fast-forward--a lot.
May 23, 2017
37
To say they (Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes) have no onscreen chemistry is to minimize the problem: You actively want to get Baby away from him.
