Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Diego Luna

Romola Garai

Directed by Guy Ferland

PG-13

Grade C-

Ah the 1950s, senior year of high school, and visions of college in the near future. Life is going well for Katey Miller. That is until Dad uproots the whole family to move to Cuba for a Ford Corporation executive position. Now they have to adjust to living at the Oceana Hotel in Havana during Fidel Castro’s Revolution, so sets the scene for this bland romance flick.

Romola Garai stars as the uptight and studious Katey. The rest of her family adapts well to the move, but of course not her. She attempts to socialize with the other snobby American teenagers, but disapproves of their rudeness towards a cute Cuban waiter, Javier Suarez (Diego Luna.) One of the teenagers calls him a “spic” as he inadvertently spills a tray of drinks as a result of Katey’s elbow.

Katey grows intrigued by Javier, his culture, the music and dancing. The moves the Cuban natives perform are mesmerizing, yet risqu