Even if it's for Free Its No Good

Rating: 2/10 (13 February 2007)

Saw this film on free-to-air TV and even then felt gypped. Staying the course till the end I was interested to see if it got better - but it didn't. The main problem is Gere - he seemed to be sleep-walking through this part, and he and Jennifer Lopez were totally unengaging. It's as if both main performers accepted these roles to pay off a new house. The middle-age-infatuation-with-youth theme is not new, but in this film, what could have been innocent becomes somehow creepy. I did not see the original Japanese version that this film is supposedly based on, but I would hazard a guess that it it leaps and bounds better than this limp effort. The only redeeming factors are the performances of Tucci and Sarandon (when the script allows it) and some of the contest dancing.