What makes it different from others?

Disturbing yet enthralling

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Everything about this film sucks. The plot is weak, acting terrible and there are no twists or surprises. My wife watches loads of romcoms that I also consequently see but this makes me despair. Without giving away the plot, it's predictable and just best avoided. Such a shame given the big name cast.

I know this film is from 2004, but it just happens that I have just seen it on TV. And it really made an impact on me, because first I thought it was extremely boring and I changed the channel several times, but there was nothing else worth seeing, I mean the alternative would've been the news! God help me, not on this time! So I had to continue watching the film and suddenly I thought it was very funny even though the film is not supposed to be funny, more like a light comedy. Some scenes were so ridiculous that I saw myself laughing both of the scene and the characters and the story. It's; you know like the middle aged professional lawyer that has an extremely boring family and job, he doesn't care for his wife but suddenly he sees a beautiful dance instructor through the train window which motivates him to change all his way of life. He just didn't know that he was a dancing talent like Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly! And this fabulous woman makes him see it just by swinging a little in the floor, and pang! he can dance Argentinian tango, American fox trot, waltz from Vienna, you name it; it was a miracle I was astonished. But I must admit it was a little frustrating that there is no real conclusion, I mean, like, there was this dancing contest that everybody was so interested in….. and we never see the ending of it so we will never know who won the contest! Oh; I know, they are surely filming a "Shall We Dance II" where we will know who won! So if you are bored go and look at it. Its surely worth the trouble to have your eyes open.

Richard Gere films fall into 2 categories me: "really like" and "really dislike." There seems to be little gray area. Count this one strongly in the "really like" column.An Americanized-version of the original Japanese film, the story is centered on Mr. Gere's character and his willingness to break his routine looking for more from life (some people do not appreciate how good they have it). His life from the outside looks enviable – great job, great wife (Susan Sarandon) and great family. But as Mr. Gere commutes home every night he spots the lovely and lonely-looking Jennifer Lopez peering out the window of a dance studio. On a whim, Mr. Gere jumps off the train and into the studio hoping to meet Ms. Lopez. He is quickly taught that there is no hope there, but in the process learns that he loves to dance. As his wife becomes suspicious of a change in his routine and attitude, she learns of his secret lessons and questions the reasons for them and the secrecy. To say more would spoil the plot, and that would be just wrong.I recommend this as a wonderful movie to watch – for young and old, for a great date movie, and even a great Valentine's movie. Just a warning to the male viewers, your woman may visibly swoon at the sight of Mr. Gere in a tuxedo carrying a red rose for his lady. Hard for us normal guys to live up to that image.

This is a wonderful movie..! Both romantic, beautiful, psychologically correct - and with a good moral lesson to it. I liked it that handsome Gere and young, slim, perfect Lopez did NOT end up. But that Gere stayed with his middle-aged wife, and brought his new interest and new zest for life back into the marriage instead. To share it with his wife - instead of breaking up his family, as so many people do when they hit the mid-life crisis.This movie held a special interest for me, as I spent many years of my youth in dance studios, learning various kinds of dancing. Among them ball-room dancing. So - I recognize the practice and the atmosphere a lot! Also in real life, there are a lot of "ordinary" people who spend their free-time and money on dancing classes. Because they love the dancing and music, as well as the glamour and the alternate, parallel world... I knew people then, who said that they would not stand their life with a boring job, troublesome family members, etc. - if they did not have the dancing world to flee to.