This was one very unfaithful remake that should not have been!

Rating: 1/10 (11 October 2004)

I am so sorry that the Producer, Director, and Writer of this film did not carefully and faithfully follow the l996 Japanese film script SHALL WE DANCE. It is unfortunate that they acknowledge in the closing credits that they adapted their script from the aforementioned one.
Their insensitivity to the l996 script corrupted their story to the extent I was unable to see any redeeming qualities. The apparent belief that they could "update" the script is almost unbelievable to me. Yet I presume that they thought this was necessary to please the American viewers as well as have it be acceptable to the global community of viewers.
I do hope that this film will not be popular. I hope that some viewers will pick up that this is an attempted remake and then see the l996 Japanese version.
One final note, the Japanese script could have been completely used for an American film that would have conveyed the very meaningful and rich story that viewers would have throughly appreciated.