
In November 1958, the American teenager Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana. Her father is an executive of Ford expatriated to Cuba, and Katey is an excellent high school senior student that misses her friends. The family is lodged in a fancy hotel, where Katey accidentally meets the local teenage waiter Javier Suarez. Later she sees Javier dancing in a public square and they become friends, but he is fired from the hotel because her acquainta... (Full plot summary below)
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In November 1958, the American teenager Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana. Her father is an executive of Ford expatriated to Cuba, and Katey is an excellent high school senior student that misses her friends. The family is lodged in a fancy hotel, where Katey accidentally meets the local teenage waiter Javier Suarez. Later she sees Javier dancing in a public square and they become friends, but he is fired from the hotel because her acquaintances have seen them together. Katey invites Javier to participate of a Latin Ballroom Contest in the local Palace club to help him to raise some money, and she secretly meets him in the La Rosa Negra nightclub for rehearsals. Later they fall in love for each other in times of revolution.
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| NewsdayGene SeymourThis homage-prequel wears both its heart and its self-awareness on its leotards, with such eagerness to please that it ultimately stumbles over itself trying to duplicate the original's rough magic. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe 1987 original was no prize, but it dances circles around this cinematic misstep. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel CaterNobody puts baby in the corner in the 1987 picture and nobody needs to put this baby on their to-see list. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieNobody puts baby in the corner in the 1987 picture and nobody needs to put this baby on their to-see list. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerWith its likable young couple, Caribbean locales and great Cuban music, Havana Nights knocks the original Dirty Dancing off the dance floor. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWhite boys can't jump, but some white girls sure can dance. |
| Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktA pelvis-gyrating, ponytail-releasing, shirt-unbuttoning good time. |
| Las Vegas Review-JournalCarol ClingDefinitely not a sequel and not exactly a remake, Havana Nights adds some fiery Afro-Cuban spice to the mix, but it remains a bland recipe nonetheless. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSufficiently original and engaging to be called merely "Havana Nights" but will no doubt get a boost by the reference to the popular 1987 "Dirty Dancing." |
| Apollo GuideMike DeWolfeIts 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. |