Genre: Romance, Drama, Period Piece, Teenage, Tear Jerker, Love
Tagline: Have the time of your life..all over again.
Plot: Havana: November, 1958. 18-year-old Katey Miller (Romola Garai) brings an innate curiosity and a smattering of Spanish to her new life in Cuba’s lush capital, where her father has taken an executive posting at Ford. Katey is expected to join the smart set of American teenagers who are the Miller’s neighbors at the exclusive Oceana Hotel. But she finds herself drawn instead to the proud, purposeful Javier (Diego Luna), a waiter who also happens to be brilliant dancer. Determined to learn the slinky, spectacular moves that Javier seems to know in his bones, Katey persuades him to partner with her in a prestigious national dance competition at Havana’s glittering nightclub/casino, The Palace. Soon, the straight-A student is deceiving her parents, stealing away both day and night to discover a different part of Cuba with Javier. They meet at the steamy nightclub La Rosa Negra, where only the locals go and where the dancing is hotter than the temperature outside. Some days, they practice on the sand of an out-of-the way beach, aligning their bodies in a sensual harmony that mirrors the growing passion between them. As the night of the contest finally arrives, Katey and Javier are ready to take their place as a couple on the dance floor – unaware that the country club, and the streets
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 "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" in director Guy Ferland's hands evokes its colorful and tumultuous landscape with the same era-capturing effectiveness as did the late Emile Ardolino in his earlier work.  -- (Boxoffice Magazine)
Why, then, do I give this movie two stars and the original only one? Because I have grown mellow and forgiving? Perhaps, but perhaps, too, because we go to the movies to look at the pretty pictures on the screen, like infants who like bright toys dangledbefore them. And "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" is a great movie to look at...  -- (Chicago Sun-Times)
If you go to "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" to enjoy the sexiness of the two young leads, Romola Garai and Diego Luna, you're not likely to be disappointed.-- (Salon)
Ultimately, the existence of Havana Nights, like that of so many late-arriving, half-hearted sequels, will quickly be forgotten while the memory of its predecessor continues to live on. It's only possible to have the time of your life once, and, for thisfranchise, that was in 1987. --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
"DD2" has some good music and hot dancing — filmed choppily — but it completely lacks the magic of its predecessor.  --Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
Dance-filled romance with Castro's Revolution as backdrop comes off as an odd mix of disparate elements.--Kirk Honeycutt (Hollywod Reporter)
You'll find the hokey material in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights strangely familiar, but it doesn't matter. Watching couples--especially Romola Garai and Diego Luna--get jiggy with it to lively Latin music is worth the price of admission.  --Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com)
reimagining of the recklessly melodramatic 1987 original is packed with flashy, taffeta silliness and a desperation for a sweaty PG-13 sexiness so laughable that the cast deserves--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
It's been 17 years since "Dirty Dancing" took the world by storm, and all these years later, "Havana Nights" is here to remind everyone just how to strike when the iron is ice cold. Labored and reliant on historical context nobody asked for, the "Dancing" magic is gone, and your money would be much better spent just renting the original film. D+--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
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| Directed by |
Guy Ferland
The Babysitter, Bang, Bang, You're Dead, Telling Lies in America |
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| Cast |
Diego Luna
The Terminal, And Your Mother Too, Open Range |
 | Sela Ward
The Fugitive, The Day After Tomorrow, Runaway Bride |
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 | Mya
Chicago, Cursed, Whasango |
 | Romola Garai
Vanity Fair, Nicholas Nickleby, Inside I'm Dancing | | |
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| Music By |
Heitor Pereira
Riding in Cars with Boys, Real Women Have Curves, 11'09''01 - September 11 |
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Miscasting is just one of the many issues that plague Havana Nights, which rips off the original Dirty Dancing storyline and does nothing inventive with it aside from changing the locale.  --Pete Croatto (FilmCritic.com)
The latin music soundtrack is awfully generic, the choreographies are forgettable and the filmmakers can’t even keep the camera on the performers – enough with the damn reaction shots! --Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
Its lack of punch and its simmering sexuality make it ideal for the pre-teen girl squad set; it’s lightweight fare even by musical standards. 61/100--Mike DeWolfe (Apollo Guide)
Both Garai and Luna possess the charisma to be major stars someday, and their commitment to their characters salvages "Havana Nights,'' a truly silly retread of the slightly silly original.--Carla Meyer (San Francisco Chronicle)
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