Bored lawyer adds spice to his life by secretly taking ballroom dance lessons

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2007)

this movie is a remake of a Japanese film made in 1996.i haven't seen the original,so i'll only comment on this,the 2004 version.This movie is about a bored lawyer who has been married for nearly 20 years and had the same job for a long time.he decides to spice up his life and without telling anyone begins taking ball room dance lessons.Richard Gere is John Clark,the bored lawyer.Susan Sarandon is his wife.Jennifer Lopez is the dance instructor who John feels a connection to.Stanley Tucci provides some light comic relief as one of the students.This is a whimsical,light hearted movie .it is enjoyable and there are some good performances.Gere in particular seems to really be having fun with his character during the dance scenes.Lopez,however,comes off a bit stiff and forced at times.Tucci turns in another great supporting performance and is very funny at times.Lisa Ann Walter also provides some laughs with her character Bobby.Richard Jenkins plays a detective named Devine,hired by Clark's wife Beverly(Susan Sarandon)who suspects he may be having an affair.Nick Cannon plays Devine's assistant.Susan Sarandon is very good as Beverly Clark,but has a fairly small role in the film.the film is a romantic comedy,emphasis on romantic,but as previously mentioned,does have some comedic elements.the comedy is more of the amusing,chuckling type of laughs.there is nothing which could be called hysterical.if that's what you're looking for,this is not your movie.the movie is fairly predictable,and has the usual feel good ending,but arrives there a bit differently than i expected.Overall,i really enjoyed this movie. 8/10