There are a number of what are considered the best ‘80s movies that I feel like I’ve seen a thousand times — The Blues Brothers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Field of Dreams, to name a few — and there are, admittedly, some that simply passed me by. Then there’s Dirty Dancing. I actively avoided this romance for most of my life (for reasons I’ll get into later), however, when I saw that it was coming to the 2025 Netflix schedule, I figured now might be the time.
I may have never seen Dirty Dancing, but I don’t live under a rock, either. I was aware of the “Nobody puts Baby in a corner,” quote and the iconic lift executed between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze that is one of the most memorable music moments of the decade. Other than that, though, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I fired up my Netflix subscription to partake in Johnny and Baby’s love story.
