It's the summer of 1963 (before Jack Kennedy's assassination) and Baby Houseman, who is stuck at the Catskills with her parents, instead finds herself in love. The object of her affection: the resort's free-spirited dance instructor, Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor. With Johnny, Baby learns the steps to a new dance - a dirty dance - that allows her to discover new strengths and new talents in order to define her place in a rapidly changing world. Under the influence of Rhythm and Blues, Baby can now express herself and her love for Johnny, but Baby's disapproving father soon steps in to keep Johnny from putting the moves on his artless daughter. This is an excellent period film and has great music. The song "The Time Of My Life" earned an Oscar for Best Song. Now, personally, I generally don't care about the Oscars, I more care about the film, but since I like the song, I though it was worth mentioning. I've always considered this film to be Patrick Swayze's best movie. After the 1980s, he got really dried up and virtually disappeared.