If you’re looking to have the time of your life, don’t expect to find it in Dirty Dancing on ABC.

ABC’s first dip into the network musical phenomenon makes the case well-enough that they should be left alone. The remake of Dirty Dancing tries to capture the familiar story beats from the original, but buries them under clunky musical numbers and new storylines.

The casting is Dirty Dancing‘s greatest asset. From Debra Messing to Billy Dee Williams, every member of this ensemble brought their A-game. If only they were given more engaging material to work with.

The remake stuck close to original script for the classic moments — lifts in the lake, training montage on the log, Penny and Johnny dancing with the staff, the watermelons. It felt as if ABC wanted to make a beat-for-beat Dirty Dancing. And honestly, if that was the intention all along, the film would be much better off.

But the choice to highlight new plot lines including the drama of the Houseman’s marriage and the interracial friendship of Baby’s sister, made the spot on reshoots fade into background noise.

Adding in updated music, especially the recreations of the film’s incredible soundtrack were welcome in most scenes. They felt more modern for a film that felt like it was made in 2017. However, the addition of the musical performances, where the cast sing and dance like it is normal and attempt to advance the plot, were entirely out of place.

Let’s start at the very beginning, a crowded street outside what you must accept is a matinee on Broadway for Dirty Dancing: The Musical. Already, an aged Abigail Breslin in 1975 is hammering home the fact that this is a musical based on her experience in the summer in 1963. Are we about to watch a new musical? Or a retelling of the story and its journey to Broadway?

Answer: A combination of the two. And both, in this case, are bad. The places where the musical performances are inserted make little sense. The staff band playing a song for the employees to blow off steam is one thing. Having Johnny sing lead on the song immediately following is another. This is only the first of several offenders throughout the film.

In order to drive home that this is in fact an ensemble musical, everyone gets their moment in the spotlight to show off their musical prowess. The best of which comes from Sarah Hyland’s Lisa Houseman and J. Quinton Johnson’s Marco when they perform a number at the end of summer talent show. It fits within in the world of Kellerman’s summer oasis.

Debra Messing and Bruce Greenwood’s songs about her failing marriage and family relations, on the other hand, do not. In fact, the amount of time dedicated to the Houseman’s marriage does not add anything to original story. Mr. and Mrs. Houseman are the ideal couple in the original film. You cannot help but walk away knowing that those two people are destined to be together forever.

Their story does not detract from Baby’s summer, but rather provides the ideal that neither inspires nor deters Baby from her summer fling. They are her window at what “normal” looks like in her life. This is part of why her adventure with Johnny is exciting in the summer of 1963.

That said, the final number, Baby and Johnny’s push and pull throughout are engaging enough to keep the story afloat. Breslin brings a new level of innocence to the part, while newcomer Colt Prattes broods just enough to make you think that Patrick Swayze maybe was too happy playing Johnny. Nicole Scherzinger is a knock out as Penny Rivera. Her interactions with Baby — again, minus the forced musicality of them — are the film’s best.

If you are deeply attached to the original version of Dirty Dancing, take a pass on the ABC remake. However, if you want a few things to tweet about, tune in and be prepared to cringe!

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Dirty Dancing airs Wednesday, May 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.