Shall We Dance?
Romantic comedy
(Aug. 6)
Miramax
With: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale, Anita Gillette, Lisa Ann Walter, Omar Miller, Richard Jenkins, Nick Cannon.
The idea: Remake of the hit Japanese film about a middle-aged man who impulsively (and secretly) begins taking dance lessons.
Writers: Audrey Wells, based on a screenplay by Masayuki Suo
Director: Peter Chelsom
To remake in English Masayuki Suo’s exquisitely ingratiating original movie about a successful businessman’s desperate bid to cope with miserable alienation may seem a no-brainer, although there’s the casting question. Richard Gere makes a handsome partner, but can Jennifer Lopez shed the baggage that has erased her appeal? She really can act; we just rarely get to see it.
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