A pleasant "old school" mix

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2005)

"Shall We Dance" tells of a middle-aged Chicago lawyer (Gere) who sees a beautiful woman (Lopez) staring mournfully from the window of a dance studio as he makes his evening train commute home. Happily married with kids, he secretly begins taking ballroom dance lessons and finds there's more to life than beautiful women staring mournfully from dance studio windows. This film offers comedy, dancing, poignant moments, more dancing, some romance, and still more dancing, etc. With a good cast, high end production, and "old school" sentiments, it may not have Fred and Ginger, but it's a fun mix for more mature audiences, especially those into ballroom. (B)