"The dancing here brings out the sensual dreaminess of the songs. Dirty Dancing -- what a great title! -- is such a bubbleheaded, retro vision of growing up in the sixties (or any other time) that you go out of the theatre giggling happily."
- Pauline Kael, New Yorker

"Endlessly quotable, strangely fascinating and immensely charming."
- Caroline Westbrook, Empire Magazine

"The film's easy charm, infectious soundtrack and tidy choreography should still win over new fans as well as old."
- Anna Smith, Time Out