Shall We Dance?

Director Peter Chelsom's remake of Masayuki Suo's quietly beautiful SHALL WE DANCE? (1997) is decidedly American — the women have more pizzazz and the men more humor — but it's a surprisingly acceptable variation on a theme. Well-off Chicago-based attorney John Clark (Richard Gere) spends his dreary days composing wills for his wealthy clients and his nights home alone; between her own job and playing chauffeur to their teenage daughter (Tamara Hope), John's wife, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), is often preoccupied. Night after night, John stares out the train window on his way home, catching regular glimpses of a young woman (Jennifer Lopez) sadly gazing at the night sky...