Shall We Dance?

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2005)

Dance. Secretly everyone longs for and has a desire for dance. Though it requires the perfect harmony of the soul and body of the partners anyone who has ever danced knows that the feeling is wonderful and rewards for every desperate moment of preparation.
The protagonist of the film "Shall We Dance?" is an initially boring and unhappy estate lawyer called John Clark (played magnificently by Richard Gere). He secretly engrosses in ballroom dancing and soon he finds friends and a subtle kind of love with the beautiful and enigmatic dance teacher, Paulina (played by Jennifer Lopez), who has a passion for dance but seemingly something hurts her. Later John's jealous wife turns up at the dance competition and something tragic happens. However, everyone finds his/her true love in the end.
Every moment of he film holds the attention of the cinema-goer. Half of the film consists of impressive dancing scenes. Lopez acts incredibly as the sensitive beauty hiding a harm of the past and dances excellently. Though Gere can be still charming to women we should admit that the age of 56 is not the most appropriate to pick up dancing.
All in all, "Shall We Dance?" is an excellent movie about a recently neglected but otherwise beautiful pastime activity. I can recommend it to everyone who likes romantic comedies and dance and is interested in the story of a shy but kind-hearted middle-aged man who finds happiness in the joy of dance and opens others' hearts.