Shall We Dance? (2004 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Shall We Dance?


imdb_id = 0358135
amg_id = 1:288231
writer = Audrey Wells
starring = Richard Gere
Jennifer Lopez
Susan Sarandon
Stanley Tucci
Lisa Ann Walter
Richard Jenkins
Bobby Cannavale
Omar Benson Miller
Anita Gillette
with Ja Rule
and Nick Cannon
director = Peter Chelsom
music = John Altman
distributor = Miramax Films
released = October 15, 2004
runtime = 106 min
language = English
budget =

"Shall We Dance?" is an American motion picture released in 2004. It is a remake of the award-winning Masayuki Suo 1996 Japanese film, "Shall We Dansu?".

It was rated PG-13 by the MPAA. It has a runtime of about 106 min. The film had a US gross of just under $60 million during its run, but worldwide it grossed $180 million.

It was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Chicago.

Plot

John Clark (Richard Gere) is a man with a wonderful job, a charming wife and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home through Chicago, John sees a beautiful woman staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for ballroom dancing lessons, hoping to meet her. At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina (Jennifer Lopez), but the older Miss Mitzi (Anita Gillette), and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John falls in love with dancing. Keeping his new obsession from his family and co-workers, John feverishly trains for Chicago's biggest dance competition. His friendship with Paulina blossoms, as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance. But the more time John spends away from home, the more his wife Beverly (Susan Sarandon) becomes suspicious. With his secret about to be revealed, John has to do some fancy footwork to keep his dream going and realize what it is he really yearns for.

Cast and comparisons

A number of changes were made from the original 1996 film, "Shall We Dansu?".

Reception

"Shall We Dance" received a 48% rating from Rotten Tomatoes ("Fresh": 70 "Rotten": 75). [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shall_we_dance/ Shall We Dance @ Rotten Tomatoes.] ] Roger Ebert stated in the "Chicago Sun Times" that "I enjoyed the Japanese version so much I invited it to my Overlooked Film Festival a few years ago, but this remake offers pleasures of its own." [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041014/REVIEWS/40921008/1023 Roger Ebert review] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.miramax.com/shallwedance/ Official site]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shall_we_dance/ Shall We Dance] at Rotten Tomatoes.
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