I borrowed Shall We Dance? off a friend and watched last night on DVD, and I really enjoyed it, a lot more than I thought I would too.
Great cast, great story and quite comical too, which I was suprised about.
I loved the scene where John went to meet Beverly at work with the rose, and that scene in the Kitchen towards the end was adorable, it's my favourite scene of the film.
I'd give it 5/5, I think I'll go out and buy my own copy.
I love the movie as well.....I cry every time i see him coming up the elevator!!!
shareYou mean "escalator". That scene was filmed in Winnipeg's Hudson Bay department store. I've ridden that escalator many, many, times. The store "subbed" for SAKS.
shareI loved it also I am taking ballroom dancing now.
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very beautiful and funny
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I thought this was a delightful movie, I've seen it numerous times and like it every time a watch it. This movie has superb acting, amazing dancing and great directing. It is a fun movie to watch. For any of those who have not yet seen the movie, do yourself a favour and watch it.
shareIs a very good film the dancing is great and looks professional.The tango/rumba lopez and gere do is great very sexy.
shareYeah, I loved it too. Very sentimental. Very well done. The entire cast was delightful and the dance sequences were executed flawlessly. The chemistry between Gere and Lopez and Sarandon worked perfectly. Can't wait to see the Japanese film this was adapted from.
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Actually I too enjoyed this film! I rate it 7 outta 10….
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Okay so Im used to seeing J-Lo act more but in this she was almost as ‘background’ with character as she was in The Wedding Planner. I have never seen her play a very ‘demanding, boisterous, diva-type’ role. So, her facial expressions, this sudden ‘numbness’ she felt from her last dance experience, and hiding away helping with lessons until John makes her feel alive again – is somewhat kinda sad and moved me. I mean, I reckon not only did she feel comfortable doing that Tango scenario with Gere, I don’t think she was looking at him in ‘attraction’ manner, nor him with her, I think he recognized how lost she looked in her own personal life and she saw in him someone who gave it back to her.
If pple felt she was going to kiss John after the Tango, its not the case in my eyes. I reckon a dancer feels the music so much and moves the body with such passion you cant help but feel an electric charge, so just yourself or both you and your partner dance in a manner that has you almost one moment away from wanting to go further, but it never does.
Richard Gere is cute as ever, I enjoyed him in this and Chicago……..he doesn’t play really strong, heroic manly roles - BUT that doesnt make him a weak actor, he isn’t, he just plays it all nicely. He is kinda like William Macy to me, neither underrated nor overrated, just nicely fitting inbetween.
as usual Peter Gabriels beautiful voice echoing with Book of Love while John and wife dance and Paulina's dancing in the shadows, getting back onto track with her life. - I near cried!
Just a couple of scenes in this movie seemed a little wrongly done. (ie the ‘dad calling’ moment and him seeing his wife in store and asking her to dance)
I think it should have ended that the wife and daughter go see him dance, him unaware still, and again she is shocked at how great he is, but that he perhaps comes third place, sees his wife, then in front of everyone approaches her and asks for a dance.
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J-lo and Richard Gere didn't do as much dancing together as I had hoped so I was a bit disappointed. I still prefered this remake to the original Japanese version which I saw when it first came out. I found it to be livelier overall (in addition to having J-Lo strut her beautiful stuff). But I think both versions pale in comparison to the excellent Australian film, Strictly Ballroom (highly recommended).
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I totally agree with you and everything you said - especially with the Peter Gabriel music in the background... I was so moved by this song that I bought the soundtrack ( the other songs were good but this song is so inspriational.) I loved this movie.. there is nothing more to say to that.
It was possibly the most romantic movie I've ever seen. None of this young-couple, newly-wed sort of love. I have to admit I cried when John came up the escalator. It was just the sweetest thing!
Fantastic, brilliant movie. I'm not a particularly big Jennnifer Lopez fan, but that girl can DANCE!
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You have some problem to say that that movie is bad and just to tell you all of the main characters are great actors(LIKE RICHARD GERE!) and dancers(JENNIFER LOPEZ!!!!) in the movie. And this is comments on the movie, not JLo.
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Just shut up. You're obviously the only one who thinks that way.
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i loved it too. They should make more movies like this. Contrary to what others said, I think the chemistry between Gere and Lopez was great. Gere has made some real clinkers of movies in the past, but this one not one of them. It was a real hit with me.
shareI also loved this movie! Everything about it was great. J.Lo is not only a great actress but a wonderful dancer as well. Richard Gere was also wonderful playing his part.
shareAlmost too good to be an American-made movie. You can tell from the story that it was not an American script.
shareyea I really liked it also
I was surprised at how good it was
Point well taken. The script is too classy to be American. It lacks violence, sex, cynicism, self-loathing, etc.
shareI also love this film! I bought it when it came out on DVD last year and I still have not gotten tired of it. In fact, I just started to take ballroom dancing lessons because of "Shall we dance?". The film is just so inspiring on so many different levels. Cascole is right, the story is so classy. It's great that Hollywood can still make films with no violence or sex in it. I really wish that the film had done better at the box office but what can you do?
"Tell our story Christian"
I love this movie too! I always enjoy it, Susan's great here!
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I have to say it has definitely become one of my favorite movies of all time. It's not a dumb teen flick, and it doesn't rely on sex to move the plot along. It deals with the soul and digs deeper than most movies you see these days. Some people have told me that they don't like how Richard Gere and J-Lo don't kiss after their late-night dance, but I think that is what makes this movie so great. It's real. and it touches us all.
shareSome posters have said they were disappointed that John Clark (Richard Gere) and Paulina (J. Lo) did not kiss after they finished their steamy tango, to "Santa Maria" in about the middle of the movie.
But it's great that they DID NOT kiss. A nuzzle at that point, after they had shared two minutes of close, sexy latin dancing, would have destroyed the mood, IMHO. Perhaps it would have destroyed the film itself.
I can truly empathize with John Clark's desire to explore the dance world, away from his stuffy job and his happy home life. I've felt that way many times myself.
But remember, this is a marriage-friendly film. Clark is very much in love with his wife Beverly (the excellent Susan Sarandon), but yearns to break free every once in a while -- ANOTHER feeling I can totally understand. Dancing is what moves the man.
Dan N.
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