Rotten
Offers attractive, inoffensive characters and a smattering of broad laughs, but it fails to use its potential to explore weightier themes such as John's mid-life crisis.
Amy Simmons, Time Out
Shall We Dance?
Step out of the ordinary.
2004 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Peter Chelsom
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Shall We Dance?
Overview
A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
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46%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Under the clunky direction of Peter Chelsom, while forced to mouth inane dialogue by Audrey Wells ... a swell bunch of troupers get mangled in a monsoon of cliches.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
There are so many appealing performers in Shall We Dance? that it's a crime the director, Peter Chelsom, and the screenwriter, Audrey Wells, haven't given them more to do.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Rotten
Occasionally charming but ultimately forgettable bit of fox-trot fluff.
Jen Chaney, Washington Post
Fresh
Takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it's a good Big Stupid American movie.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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