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Shall We Dance |  | Director: Peter Chelsom
Actors: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Ann Walter, Stanley Tucci
Category: DVD
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Rating:  176 reviews
Sales Rank: 133421
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
UPC: 065935207566
EAN: 0065935207566
ASIN: B0006Z2KLQ
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 2004
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Something got lost in translation from 1996's critically acclaimed Japanese comedy, but the American remake of Shall We Dance? is not without charms of its own. In being transplanted from Tokyo to Chicago, the original version's subtle humor is shaken out of its cultural context, but this is an otherwise faithful adaptation in which a weary lawyer (Richard Gere) battles his mid-life crisis with ballroom dancing lessons, while his wife (Susan Sarandon) hires a private detective to see if he's cheating. Those expecting a Jennifer Lopez showcase will be disappointed; her role as the melancholy dance instructor keeps the beautifully lovelorn J-Lo on the sidelines, while a cast of standard-issue supporting characters (especially Stanley Tucci's clandestine faux-Latin dance lover) provide a generous dose of Hollywood-ized comic relief. All of this gives Shall We Dance? a polished sheen of mainstream entertainment that many viewers---and especially ballroom dancers--will find delightfully irresistible. --Jeff Shannon
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 Love it! February 9, 2010
Roxy427
I love this movie! I am a fan of Richard Gere and Stanley Tucci. But none of the other actors were disappointing. It's wonderfully lighthearted. Oh and the dancing! Didn't it make you want to take dance lessons? It was endearing, it was funny, it made you think about relationships and love, it was refreshing. And the big mouth blonde was hilarious! Oh and get this. The soundtrack is AWESOME! I listen to it all of the time. Dance to it, too. I've watched this movie again and again. I never get tired of it. Enjoy!!
 came damaged January 30, 2010
M. Johnson
This DVD came damaged .It was not secured in the case and therefore has scatches.
Shall We Dance? December 31, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
The movie is happy and extremely likable. This movie will definitely make you want to take ballroom dancing lessons. Richard learns lessons about life, love, friendship and basically becomes a better man.
Existence Precedes Essence September 7, 2009
Claude Prevots (Warwick, New York United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Existence precedes essence. I tango, therefore I am. John Clark seeks his essential being in a life of meaning and he is unhappy that he has not yet done so. He sees Paulina at the window of Miss Mitzi's Dance School and the sadness on her face matches the sadness in his soul. He decides to join the dance. His joy and his trouble begins. Finally his authentic self emerges in his essential self as a dancer. He gets the rhythm of the tango, and becomes that self that he truly is.
Is everyone with me? We see that Paulina and John are a handsome couple, especially when they dance to the tango, Santa Maria, as she gives him "one hour" to enliven him for the dance competition. Did John plan to leave his wife for Paulina? Honor prevents that sorry pass. Besides, he knows that a husband is like a roof on the house. Everyone in the family take him for granted and does not miss him until he is gone.
And yet, Paulina and John achieve an intimacy that is not about sex even if it is rooted in their being together as a woman and a man in harmony. They relate to each other in terms of the beat. Paulina instructs John, "Don't say anything, don't think and don't move unless you feel it."
The film Shall We Dance is alive with cross currents of electricity in the human condition. See this film and then you can sing with Walt Whitman "The Body Electric." Do even better and join the dance.
".... It's Quite Possible We Could Find Your Husband Knee Deep In Potpourri...It's Quiet Possible...But Unlikely..." July 14, 2009
Mark Barry at Revival Records, West End (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
*** THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE BLU RAY VERSION ***
Whenever I'm asked by friends for a movie to lift up a dreary Monday evening after a tough day at the job, I reach for "Shall We Dance".
They then look at the outer sleeve with sneering suspicion, shake their heads and check my pulse.
Richard Gere and J-Lo! Ballroom Dancing!! Are you mad!!!
But they always come back a few days later saying how much they genuinely loved it...
Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere play Beverly and John Clark who are happily married and living in their affluent suburban mansion. They've a well-balanced life with an equally well-balanced daughter and all seems to be in order. But his job as a Chicago Estate Lawyer dealing with other people's wills has become tedious and their same-old existence at home quietly stagnant. One evening heading home after work on the overhead L train, John looks up into "Miss Mitzi's Dancing School" and sees a beautiful woman standing at the window (Jennifer Lopez). Several evenings and sightings later, he finally gets off the train, goes in and unwittingly enrols in Ballroom Dancing classes - and of course everything changes...
Peter Chelsom's 2004 remake of the 1996 Japanese film "Shall We Dansu?" is as lovely as film gets - and its transition to BLU RAY is a real triumph.
The picture is GLORIOUS throughout - far better than the DVD - beautifully framed by cinematographer John De Borman. There are so many scenes now where the detail hits you - the texture of his coat on the train home - the look of the wet streets outside the studio - his tie as he stands by the fridge in his perfect kitchen, the scuffed and scratched wooden floorboards of the Mitzi's studio - Stanley Tucci's character Link wiping false tan off his face (his Latin lothario look) as he discusses his secret passion for the Rumba and Tango with work colleague John - it 'all' looks so clear.
As with all great films, there's a combination of things that make it work. First up is the fabulous support cast who very nearly steal the film from the leads - Stanley Tucci and Lisa Ann Walter in particular are like Bette Midler and husband - ball-breakingly funny, ratty with each other, but ultimately human and touching. There's the huge but lovable Omar trying to lose a few pounds to propose to his girlfriend (Omar Miller from 8 Mile), the macho and deceptively deep Chic played brilliantly by Bobby Cannavale (from The Station Agent) who wants to score with women (or so he thinks) - Susan Sarandon admirably downplaying the acting hysterics as John's suspicious wife who then hires Richard Jenkins (the dead father in Six Feet Under) and Nick Cannon to investigate...and on it goes to revelations none of them were expecting...
John O'Connell did the choreography (Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge) with Richard Gere admirably putting in 4 months of intensive training to get it right. Then there's the score by John Altman during the dance numbers which is such great fun - itself sided by Gabriel Yared's beautiful piano refrain infusing so many of the quieter scenes with an old-school romance and class. And of course the movie's trump-card - the elegant, sexy and sleek Jennifer Lopez who's in her element as Paulina the spurned Ballroom champion. She wins praise from her co-cast and director - and rightly so.
The Special Features on the BLU RAY are:
1. Audio commentary by the Director Peter Chelsom
2. Deleted Scenes (About 17 Minutes) With Commentary by Peter Chelsom
3. Behind The Scenes Of "Shall We Dance" - interviews with all the cast, director, producers etc
4. Beginners Ballroom
5. The Music Of (John Altman and Gabriel Yared who did the principal score; Mya's version of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and The Pussycat Dolls update of Dean Martin's "Sway" including behind the scenes at the video shoot and interviews with Mya and Nicole Kea
Like "The Full Monty", "Sleepless In Seattle" or "When Harry Met Sally" - "Shall We Dance" is a bit of a modern day gem. Ok it won't make the top 50 best films every made - but it will talcum powder its way into your heart and stay there. And on BLU RAY it's a winner.
Recommended.
PS: Peter Chelsom has made other really great films worth checking out - "Hear My Song", "The Mighty", "Serendipity" and the wonderfully quirky "Funny Bones" which is set in his hometown of Blackpool in coastal England
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