Good dancing, from a dancing fan.

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2004)

I like all song and dance movies, dance movies, song movies. Makes no difference. IMO we need more of them. As a tap dancer, I enjoyed Gere's footwork in "Chicago", and wished there had been more of it. In "Shall We Dance", early on I thought John was trying to surprise his wife with learning how to dance since so many men have clumsy left feet while their wives are usually much better dancers. I liked all the actors in their parts. Tucci was hilarious. Sarandon was veteran, capable and qualified. John's daughter finally came around and admitted Dad was okay, when she saw him in that tux dancing in the competition near the end. Wow, Dad has grace now. Even in this day of hip-hop, Dad isn't so bad after all. John's fellow male dance students were very sweet, and I liked the part at the end where Vern finally has his wedding and dances with his bride, and the 3rd guy is even able to dance at a gay bar -- to boogie down with the best of them. Perhaps he will win a dance contest there, too. A very sweet movie. Very happy to see Anita Gillette (great first name). 10/10.