Slow to start but picks up speed by the end.

Rating: 7/10 (15 February 2005)

Shall We Dance? is slow to start but picks up speed by the end film. Richard Gere is a lawyer named John Clark who takes dancing lessons at a local dance studio and falls for a beautiful dance instructor named Paulina. Jennifer Lopez plays the beautiful ballroom dancer instructor that Gere falls for. The movie also co-stars Susan Sarandon as Richard Gere's suspicious wife who believes that he is having an affair. Shall We Dance? has some slow moments which lead into the better parts of the movie. The monologue scenes that Richard Gere gives at the very beginning are pretty boring but they lead up to better scenes with Gere and Stanley Tucci. This is a major chick flick, so guys won't probably like it. Women will probably like it because of the "love triangle" between Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon. I was a little disappointed that they did not have more scenes with Stanley Tucci. However, I thought the comedy in the movie was hilarious. Overall I gave Shall We Dance? 7 out of 10 stars. If you liked Shall We Dance? then I would suggest renting Pretty Woman or Maid In Manhattan.