Shall We Dance? is a wonderful film that is an American motion picture film that was originally released in 2004. The film is actually a re-make of the very popular 1996 Japanese film. The film stars Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon who really to make the film exceptional and brilliant to watch. I really enjoyed this film and I think it is really good fun to watch for the whole family, bearing in mind that it is a 12. The film is about John Clark who works far too long and feels trapped in a really dull life that makes him lose the will to live. In just one night however, his whole life might changed when he falls in love straight away with the ...  Read the complete review

Dance is a tricky subject to incorporate effectively in film. Al Pacino's tango in Scent of a Woman was stunning and Singin' in the Rain makes me smile like a buffoon, but not even Gregory Hines could save Tap, and I would gladly pay for the cells in my brain that remember Lambada to be cauterised. I'll have to watch Strictly Ballroom now, for even THINKING about that! Shall We Dance? had the potential to be a camp disaster. Not only was it a film about ballroom dancing, it co-stared Jennifer Lopez. While I think she has made some interesting professional decisions, she has also squeezed out more lemons than the Jif factory. Like most males who have seen ...  Read the complete review

Shall we dance was deemed a flop by the critics but i think it worked really well. i suppose this would be classed as a rom-com but it has something extra to it that i cant put my finger on. its the story of a middle-aged man who feels he is lacking something in his life so takes up dancing lessons and soon becomes hooked and starts rediscovering himself What a match-up of performers! Richard Gere with Susan Sarandon - very strange initially, but very successful. While we typically identify Mr. Gere with younger, more stereotypically "beautiful" actors, his pairing with Ms. Sarandon was most fitting with his role in this film. As he ...  Read the complete review

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon star in this rather average romantic comedy that certainly has a lot more romance in it than it does comedy. Gere plays the part of John Clarke who is an estate lawyer who is rather bored with his work and is having a mini mid life crises, he is married to Beverly, played by Susan Sarandon and the marriage has gone a little stale after a number of years together. On his homeward journey he passes a dance studio and often he sees a curvacious beauty staring from the windows and next thing he knows he has signed up for ballroom dancing lessons. The woman he has seen is Pauline, played by ...  Read the complete review

This is another Hollywood remake of a far better Japanese film. It's not something I would choose to watch and I was forced to watch this in the company of others but this film wasn't totally as bad as I thought it would be. There were a few funny scenes that provided a nice contrast against certain moments of poignancy evoked by the depicted lives of the main characters. The original 1996 Japanese version was a great success in its native land. This was largely due to its socio-cultural significance where the act of taking secret dance lessons by a husband would be regarded by the wife as a form of betrayal. In the Hollywood remake this subtle but crucial ...  Read the complete review