Shall We Dance? Movie Review 2004

Well-to-do, attractive lawyer (Gere) with a beautiful, loving wife (Sarandon) and children suddenly faces a mid-life crisis and decides to ballroom dance his way out. Inoffensive, though forgettable, remake of a much better and more logical 1996 Japanese movie of the same name. Attractive leads are fine, as are the multitude of daffy supporting characters, but it all seem flimsy and one-dimensional.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Chicago, Dance Fever, Law & Lawyers, Marriage, Private Eyes, Midlife Crisis, Stolen from Asia

Screenplay

Masayuki Suo

Cast

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Ann Walter, Richard Jenkins, Bobby Cannavale, Omar Benson Miller, Anita Gillette, Mya Harrison, Stark Sands, Tamara Hope, Nick Cannon

Cinematography

John de Borman

Director

Peter Chelsom

Music

Gabriel Yared, John Altman

Other

Robert F. Scherer, Charles Ireland, Sue Chan, Gary Baugh, Sophie de Rakoff, Caroline Hanania

Producer

Simon Fields, Simon Fields, Miramax