Baby, the main protagonist is sitting in a shiny black car with her father, driving down
the highway in New York city. They reach a place that resembles a summer camp and a resort.
A fat burly man comes to greet Baby’s father and gets them situated in the best cabin he has.
Baby, an awkward but nice girl helps a boy with her suitcases and the family
goes to join a dance session, in which she doesn't know where to step and dances
awkwardly with the hurdles of people. Later in the late evening, Baby goes out to
the main house and sees the big man lecturing the restaurant employees about cleanliness. Just then,
a handsome, muscular man wearing sunglasses enters with his team.
The man in charge identifies them as ‘entertainment’, and continues to
lecture the handsome man on how he should only teach the dance he is told to teach,
and not do any ‘funny’ business. That night, their family go to eat dinner at a
fancy restaurant. The man introduces the family to his grandson, who is studying at Cornell, enrolled
in hotel management, and Baby’s father lets them know of her prospects as well. She is studying the
economy of underdeveloped countries, and clearly she is some one who thinks for the betterment of
this world and unfortunate countries. Baby and him dance awkwardly to some jazz
music. The music changes to tango, and Baby notices the entertainment dance man come in
with the pretty blonde dance instructor. They provide entertainment to the guests
with their elaborate dance moves. Baby watches them from a distance,
very interested. But she is taken away by the boy she is dancing with and instead takes part
in some magic activity, very reluctantly so. Tired and a little bored of her surroundings,
she walks out into the trees and comes across the boy she helped out with the suitcases.
He seems to be the errand boy as he has three huge fruits in his hands.
He asks her to help him up the steps with the fruits even though the area up there is restricted
for guests. With his butt, he opens the door and they go in and Baby witnesses all sort of dance,
ranging from sultry moves to hip hop. The man who was dancing at dinner walks in,
and the boy with Baby introduces him as Johnny Castle, his cousin who got him a job there.
She watches him dance with the blonde and says they make a good couple. But Johnny’s cousin
clarifies that they are not. The song ends and all the sweaty and happy dancers hug each other.
One would think they have had enough, but another song plays and they are
quick to get back to their moves. Johnny sees his cousin and approaches him,
asking why he is with a guest, and she dumbly says “I carried a watermelon.” After which he leaves,
out of breath from dancing. A little while later, he approaches
Baby again and this time holds her hand and leads her to the dance floor.
He teaches her how to roll her hips. At first she is nervously looking around her,
but he tells her to focus on his eyes and teaches her a few moves.
Gently, they start dancing together with Baby’s arms around his neck. It seems like she is having
a lot of fun, she smiles wide, looking at him. As the song ends however,
he disappears before they can talk. The next day at the beach, Baby sits with
her sister, who is flirting with a waiter she met last night. Johnny comes up to his blonde friend,
Penny, and talks to her while Baby stares at him adoringly. It is obvious that she is
starting to develop a crush on the male. After he leaves, she walks up to Penny and
compliments her dancing, to which Penny sourly says that her mother kicked her out when she
was 16. Baby tells her she still envies her, and Penny walks away without another word.
That night, where the guests are standing, Neil, the manager’s son berates Johnny
because of a lack of Penny’s presence, and then takes Baby away from the party.
Away from all the noise, the man flirts with Baby, who is visibly disturbed by his advances.
She tries to leave by telling him her parents will be worried, but he gloats about being
the most sought after boy in town, that means if she is with him, her parents would be happy.
He takes her to the kitchen to get something to eat,
but Baby sees Penny sobbing in the corner of the kitchen, most probably hiding from her duties.
She takes Neil away from there before he sees her and then runs to Johnny and his cousin,
notifying them of Penny’s location, where they all run together.
On the way there, Baby asks whats wrong with Penny, and they tell her she is pregnant,
Johnny gets offended by the fact that Baby automatically thinks it’s his baby.
Johnny holds Penny in his arms and takes her to a couch where she sits and cries.
After she claims that everything is hopeless, Baby comes forward and tries to make Penny feel better,
but she is rudely cast off. She finds out its Robbie’s baby, the waiter
who was flirting with Lisa, Baby’s sister. The next day Robbie tries to strike up a
conversation with Baby after finding out she knows he got Penny pregnant, but Baby haughtily
spills hot water all over his apron and tells him to stay away from her and her sister.
Baby finds her father playing golf with her mother and tells him that she has to help
someone and to do that she needs 250 dollars, but she cant tell him why she needs it. Her
father kisses her forehead and agrees. Later that night, Baby goes to the dance
studio and offers Penny the money, to which Johnny lightly taunts her about
getting it from her daddy. Surprisingly, Penny does not accept the cash.
Johnny’s cousin tells Baby that Penny has a dance competition the exact same day as she would go to
the hospital appointment, when she asks if anyone else can fix it, Johnny rudely replies back.
Penny and Johnny’s cousin get an idea, they tell Johnny that Baby can fill in.
At first he finds the idea absurd, and so does she, but they end up doing it anyways.
Johnny teaches her, getting frustrated at her because she keeps stepping over his shoes.
Baby practices hard for her moves anywhere she can find the space, even while walking.
He teaches her beats while keeping her hands on his heart, as per the beat of his heart.
The next scenes show Baby at his house, with Penny and Johnny leading her steps to
perfection. Slowly but surely, Baby starts getting the steps right!
Before every dance session, Baby finds herself wearing makeup to look pretty
in front of her crush, but it does not seem like he looks at her that way.
While practicing an intimate step, the childish Baby laughs a few times before finally putting
on a serious face and getting it right. While practicing in their warehouse one day,
Johnny snaps at Baby, telling her shes only here to have fun, and she gets mad at him,
telling him that she is doing all this to save him but he won't even credit her.
After the mini argument, they walk in the rain and go up to a car, but it is locked.
Johnny breaks the mirror in the backseat and sits himself and Baby in the car. From there he takes
her to the woods to teach her balance. She asks how he got into dance, and after
he tells her, he gets her up on a huge thin log and they dance and have fun while doing so.
Next, he practices lifting her up in his arms in a field, and then they practice doing it in the
water, laughing along as they do so. She fails a few times but they laugh it off. The atmosphere
has a little tension because of the closeness of their bodies, but they continue practicing.
While putting on a dress, Baby talks loudly remembering everything she has to do,
and Penny thanks her for how she is helping them. She also opens up, crying about feeling scared,
to which the kindhearted Baby hugs her and tells her everything will be okay.
Baby tells her sister, Lisa to lie to their parents about where she is and she quickly
takes off to the dance competition. Their name gets called out and they begin
to dance. Baby messes up a few times and they have to improvise, but the overall performance
goes pretty well as the crowd cheers. Baby and Johnny’s breath get caught in their throat as
they see an old couple from the resort in the crowd, but luckily they don’t get caught.
They go back the resort and Johnny’s cousin rushes up to their car,
telling them that Penny is in bad condition and the doctor who they called for was a fraud.
Baby runs to her father and wakes him, they both run to where Penny is laying down,
sweaty and in pain. Baby’s father, who is a doctor,
takes care of Penny while everyone waits outside. After he has treated her,
he takes Baby away without a word to Johnny. On the way back, Baby’s father prohibits her
from ever meeting these people again. He says he will not tell her mother about it
but she cant meet Johnny or Penny again. Later, she goes to see Johnny, and once there,
he tells her she is fearless, that she is not scared of anything, but she denies it, and in
doing so, she confesses her feelings for him. Baby asks him to dance with her, and after awhile,
they get into it, sensually moving to the beat while gently caressing each other.
It seems like Johnny feels something for her too, by the passion portrayed in his eyes. He lifts her
arms while dancing and takes her shirt off. They kiss and lovingly touch each other all night.
The next day, there is an announcement for the big show, but Baby’s father says they're leaving
before it, however, after hearing that his wife and Lisa want to stay, he says they can.
Baby goes to see Penny, and when Johnny enters the room, she goes quiet and awkwardly leaves.
She waits for him outside, but he avoids her and leaves, after giving her an unsure smile.
Later on, while it is raining, Baby makes up an excuse and runs to Johnny
and they make love while it rains outside. At night, Lisa talks to Baby about wanting to
lose her virginity, to which Baby advises her to be with someone who she loves,
but Lisa does not hear her advice, instead she taunts Baby about not caring for her.
The next day, Johnny and Baby dance in the studio room and lip sync to
the dialogues in between the songs. Neil interrupts them and comes to Johnny,
advising him of the type of dance he should do for the finals,
and uses his authority to get Johnny to agree. While Baby and him walk, they hide from Baby’s
father. Lisa and Robbie, seeing how she hid. Johnny gets offended and
tells Baby she never had any intention of telling her father that he is her guy.
Baby later goes to Penny’s cabin and apologizes to Johnny, but Robbie sees
them together and speaks vulgarly about Baby, making Johnny lash out and beat Robbie up.
Later while preparing for the final show, Vivian, an inappropriate aged
lady approaches Johnny and calls him over to her room later. But he rejects it.
Lisa, at night, goes to Robbie’s room to have some alone time with him, but finds him in bed
with another woman. Disgusted, she turns away. While this is happening, Lisa and Johnny spend
yet again, more time in bed together. He tells her of the dream he had and
as morning hits, they kiss and she leaves. Unfortunately, Vivian sees them together.
Later at breakfast, the people at Baby’s table talk about someone’s wallet being stolen,
and Vivian claims she saw Johnny do it. When asked for an alibi, he did not have a concrete one.
Maybe because he was trying to hide the fact that he was with Baby all night.
Hearing the blame falling on Johnny, she asks her father to help her again, but he refuses.
Baby blubbers, accusing others to get the blame off Johnny,
but she is scolded for having no evidence. When she hears that they are leaving to
fire him from his job, Baby confesses that she was with him that night.
A while later, her father sits by the lake when he gets approached by her. She apologizes for lying,
but also accuses him of classism. She says that he expects her to change the world by being an
economist and marrying someone from Harvard. Baby breaks down, apologizing again but
also telling him he let her down too. Later, Baby is sleeping in Johnny’s bed, waiting
for him. He comes up to her and lets her know they found the muggers who stole the man’s wallet,
but he still got fired for mingling with Baby. She grows livid at the fact that she hurt
her family and still Johnny lost his job. Johnny tries talking to her father one last time,
but he insults him, leaving Johnny speechless. By his car, Baby waits to send him off,
they tell each other they’ll never be sorry, and kiss. He drives off.
The next scenes are Baby staring off in the distance time and time again, and even Lisa,
who she didn’t get along with consoles her. It is time for the final event of the summer,
and on stage, a group of people stand stiff and sing out of tune.
Robbie comes into the room and Baby’s father gives him some money for medical school.
Robbie thanks him for helping with the Penny situation, at this, her father is confused
because he assumed the baby was Johnny’s! After hearing that it was actually Robbie’s,
her father takes back the cheque and walks back to his seat angrily.
Johnny enters the hall where the occasion is being held and walks
up to where the Houseman’s are seated, telling her father that nobody puts Baby in a corner,
then he holds her hand and they walk up stage. He interrupts the singing and announces that he
is going to dance with a very special person who has taught him a lot.
They start dancing to the beat eloquently, making the crowd cheer surprisingly.
Even Baby’s mother is fascinated. The entertainment folks from the back jump
up and down as they witness their leader and role model, Johnny feeling himself to the music.
He dances up to his group mates and has them join the stage. And while he’s still down,
Baby runs up to him and he holds her up, finally perfecting the move they worked hard for.
At this point, the whole crowd joins in, dancing freely however they want, having a great time.
Baby’s father admits he's wrong to Johnny finally, and compliments his
daughter, she hugs him in happiness. The scene shows everyone dancing together.
It is truly an amazing sight to see everyone enjoying themselves without stressing.
Baby and Johnny dance in each others arms, falling in love as they kiss and he holds her up high.