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Written by Jiggy
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SHALL WE DANCE *** out of ***** Directed by
Peter Chelsom Written by Masayuki Suo (1997 screenplay) Audrey Wells Cast Richard Gere .... John Clark J.Lo .... Paulina Susan Sarandon .... Beverly Clark Lisa Ann Walter .... Bobbie Stanley Tucci .... Link
Anita Gillete .... Miss Mitzi Bobby Cannavale .... Chic Omar Benson Miller .... Vern
Anyone who knows me well knows that I’ve been a J. Lo fan since the magic that was The Wedding Planner. My view is that anyone who has dated Ben "the size of my face is rivalled only by John Travolta's" Affleck deserves a break. This means I put J.Lo in the same league as Matt Damon.
 | Anything for you Gere...anything
but acting lessons... | So this is why I took the boyfriend on a secret romantic date to see Shall We Dance. Glamour! Subterfuge! Sequins! Boy was he going to be surprised! The tirade by the boyfriend concerning the lack of question mark at the end of the title of the film threatened to foul the mood of the night. Luckily we soon resolved the matter and sat back down to watch the feature unfold. Essentially Shall We Dance is a story about finding oneself. Richard Gere plays John Clark, a deeply uninteresting lawyer who is living a dull life with his equally tedious wife and kids. One day, on a train ride home from work, he spots J. Lo who (with great exertion) is gazing longingly out the window of Ms Mitzi’s School of Dance. On a whim, Richard Gere jumps off the train to be closer to this mystical creature and finds himself signing up to dance lessons that very night. So begins The Dance.
 | Gere found the tea tray less wooden
than the Lo. | I liked a lot of the actors in this movie, including Richard Gere, Stanley Tucci and Bobby Cannavale (the guy from The Station Agent who wasn’t the dwarf). Susan Saradon was also okay as the tedious wife. I must say though that I found the scene where she and Richard Gere tongue each other not so much passionate, but actually very unpleasant. And I say this with great grief but the worse part of this film had to J. Lo herself. Sure she can dance. But can she act?!? The answer is yes, but just not all that well.  | | Old person lurve... | This movie is a remake of a successful Japanese film of the same name. This is why it departs a little from the tired paths taken by other films of the same genre. Some people might even call this film an uplifting insight into life itself. I do have issues though when people who are supposed to be there for you let you down. To reflect my lost faith, I shall rename this movie "Must We Dance, Ms. Lopez?"
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