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Directed by
Peter Chelsom Written by
Masayuki Suo, Audrey Wells Cast
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Ann Walter, Stanley Tucci [more]
Release Date
• USA: Oct 15, 2004
• UK: 16 Feb 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2005
Budget USD 40,000,000
BoxOffice: $57.7M
Official Website:
Shall We Dance Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and brief language.
Running Time
1 hour, 46 minutes
Country USA
Studio Miramax, Simon Fields, Spyglass Entertainment
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Shall We Dance (2004)
• Shall We Dance?
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Shall We Dance Reviews |
The word that most comes to mind when thinking about the Hollywood remake of the thoroughly delightful Japanese film, SHALL WE DANCE, is irksome, followed by tedious, pallid, and pointless. The cultural nuances of the original have been, of course, lost entirely, and in their stead is the sort of deep insight into the human condition that can most readily be found in a fortune cookie. [read review] 
--Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
"Shall We Dance?" takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it's a good Big Stupid American movie. [read review]
--Stephen Hunter (Washington Post)
JENNIFER Lopez's butt-hug ging costumes are the most memorable thing about "Shall We Dance," a lead- footed and otherwise in stantly forgettable remake of the charming 1997 Japanese musical of the same title. [read review] 
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
...an American remake of the sweet 1996 Japanese film of the same name, is an ill-fated attempt to translate a wonderful foreign-language film for American audiences -- and it falls apart on its own, too. [read review]
--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
It's a simple-minded film, really, chock-full of tiny subplots among the dance-class members that are given only a passing glance before they're finally "resolved." [read review] D+
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
This is a "What were they thinking?"-size disaster, with the wrong actors in the wrong roles in a project that had no reason to be remade in the USA. [read review] 
--Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
I walked out of the original Shall We Dance? with a silly grin on my face. I left this one shaking my head, wondering where it had all gone wrong. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The Americanized version is a melodramatic nightmare marred by poorly contrived situations and emotionally weak characters. [read review] 
--David Levine (FilmCritic.com)
Richard Gere waltzes his way through a midlife crisis and past Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon. [read review]
--Charles Taylor (Salon)
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