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It should be noted that Creator/{{Miramax}} (which was owned by Creator/{{Disney}} at the time) making this remake, and getting the rights to distribute the original Japanese version, was because of the very same Disney-Tokuma deal that established Disney's long-lasting relationship with Creator/StudioGhibli.
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* CampStraight: Link is passionate about ballroom dancing and wears sparkly outfits and/or a long wig while he dances, but is attracted to women and views his lifestyle as an UnManlySecret while observing that he would be judged less mockingly for his passions if he was CampGay.
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* CampStraight: Link is passionate about ballroom dancing and wears sparkly outfits and/or along with a long wig wig, makeup, and fake teeth (to try and wow judges when competing) while he dances, but is attracted to women and views his lifestyle as an UnManlySecret while observing that he would be judged less mockingly for his passions if he was CampGay.
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''Shall We Dance'' is a 2004 romantic {{Dramedy}} featuring Creator/RichardGere as a loving family man and lawyer who is going through a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis. To deal with it, he enrolls in a ballroom dance class and experiences complicated feelings for one of the instructors (Creator/JenniferLopez) while coming to care more about the sport than he'd imagined at the beginning. He also gradually bonds with his classmates (played by Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/LisaAnnWalter, Creator/OmarBensonMiller, and Creator/BobbyCannavale) as they go through their own interesting experiences. In the meantime, his wife (Creator/SusanSarandon) has hired two detectives (Creator/RichardJenkins and Creator/NickCannon) to investigate the change in her husband's behavior.
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''Shall We Dance'' is a 2004 romantic {{Dramedy}} featuring Creator/RichardGere as John Clark, a loving family man and lawyer who is going through a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis. To deal with it, he enrolls in a ballroom dance class and experiences complicated feelings for one of the instructors (Creator/JenniferLopez) while coming to care more about the sport than he'd imagined at the beginning. He also gradually bonds with his classmates (played by Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/LisaAnnWalter, Creator/OmarBensonMiller, and Creator/BobbyCannavale) as they go through their own interesting experiences. In the meantime, his wife (Creator/SusanSarandon) has hired two detectives (Creator/RichardJenkins and Creator/NickCannon) to investigate the change in her husband's behavior.
''Shall We Dance'' is a 2004 romantic {{Dramedy}} featuring Creator/RichardGere as John Clark, a loving family man and lawyer who is going through a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis. To deal with it, he enrolls in a ballroom dance class and experiences complicated feelings for one of the instructors (Creator/JenniferLopez) while coming to care more about the sport than he'd imagined at the beginning. He also gradually bonds with his classmates (played by Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/LisaAnnWalter, Creator/OmarBensonMiller, and Creator/BobbyCannavale) as they go through their own interesting experiences. In the meantime, his wife (Creator/SusanSarandon) has hired two detectives (Creator/RichardJenkins and Creator/NickCannon) to investigate the change in her husband's behavior.
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* DodgyToupee: Link wears hideous wigs when he's dancing even -- when practicing in the studio. It becomes an issue during a competition because a rival dancer keeps yanking at it, causing Link to lose the beat.
* HollywoodMidlifeCrisis: John has a loving family and successful career but is starting to struggle with ''ennui''. He feels some stirring when he sees Paulina dancing but, ultimately, finds a new spark through ballroom dancing.
* HollywoodMidlifeCrisis: John has a loving family and successful career but is starting to struggle with ''ennui''. He feels some stirring when he sees Paulina dancing but, ultimately, finds a new spark through ballroom dancing.
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* PrivateDetective: Devine and Scott are a pair of NiceGuy BunnyEarsLawyer investigators who shadow John when his wife worries that he's having an affair.
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* PrivateDetective: Devine and Scott are a pair of NiceGuy BunnyEarsLawyer investigators who shadow John when his wife worries that he's having an affair.affair.
* WhatTheHellHero: Beverly asks John to teach her some dance steps in the hopes that they can reconnect and revitalize their marriage. When John declines, Jenna, their daughter, angrily asks what his problem is.
* WhatTheHellHero: Beverly asks John to teach her some dance steps in the hopes that they can reconnect and revitalize their marriage. When John declines, Jenna, their daughter, angrily asks what his problem is.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenna cheering for her daughter during the dance competition flusters him into making disastrous missteps, given how he had been unaware that his family was present (or even knew that he was a ballroom dancer).
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenna cheering for her daughter father during the dance competition flusters him into making disastrous missteps, given how he had been unaware that his family was present (or even knew that he was a ballroom dancer).
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''Shall We Dance'' is a 2004 romantic {{Dramedy}} featuring Creator/RichardGere as a loving family man and lawyer who is going through a HollywoodMidlifeCrisis. To deal with it, he enrolls in a ballroom dance class and experiences complicated feelings for one of the instructors (Creator/JenniferLopez) while coming to care more about the sport than he'd imagined at the beginning. He also gradually bonds with his classmates (played by Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/LisaAnnWalter, Creator/OmarBensonMiller, and Creator/BobbyCannavale) as they go through their own interesting experiences. In the meantime, his wife (Creator/SusanSarandon) has hired two detectives (Creator/RichardJenkins and Creator/NickCannon) to investigate the change in her husband's behavior.
The film is a highly faithful remake of a 1996 Japanese movie of the same name. Both films are unrelated to the 1937 film ''Film/ShallWeDance''.
!!Tropes in the Film:
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Beverly gets some scenes of eloquent contemplation about marriage that Masako never did in the Japanese film, and is also more willing to directly confront her husband about how hurt and angry she is over his secret keeping in the final act.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Chic is an ArmoredClosetGay ladies man, while his counterpart in the Japanese movie, TÅkichi, is HappilyMarried to a woman.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Chic is a burly flirt who insists that he is only joining the class to attract girls, complains about having to practice dancing with men, and brags about his romantic exploits, but he is seen romantically dancing with a man during the final scene.
* CampStraight: Link is passionate about ballroom dancing and wears sparkly outfits and/or a long wig while he dances, but is attracted to women and views his lifestyle as an UnManlySecret while observing that he would be judged less mockingly for his passions if he was CampGay.
--> '''Link''': I mean, a straight man who likes to dance around in sequins walks a very lonely road, I got news for you.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: BigFun Vern only has a few scenes with his fiancée, but she is nearly two heads shorter than him, even in high heels, and at least fifty pounds lighter than him.
* MistakenForCheating: When John comes home happier than usual, smelling of perfume and lying about working late, his wife naturally suspects adultery until learning that he's just taken up ballroom dancing as a hobby.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenna cheering for her daughter during the dance competition flusters him into making disastrous missteps, given how he had been unaware that his family was present (or even knew that he was a ballroom dancer).
* TheNotLoveInterest: John joins the dance classes due to admiring instructor Paulina from afar, and she mentors him in sometimes sensual dances and opens up to him a lot, but John ultimately still loves his wife, and Paulina makes it clear that she only has professional interactions with her students and never shows any romantic passion expect when she is reflecting on her ex-boyfriend.
* PrivateDetective: Devine and Scott are a pair of NiceGuy BunnyEarsLawyer investigators who shadow John when his wife worries that he's having an affair.
The film is a highly faithful remake of a 1996 Japanese movie of the same name. Both films are unrelated to the 1937 film ''Film/ShallWeDance''.
!!Tropes in the Film:
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Beverly gets some scenes of eloquent contemplation about marriage that Masako never did in the Japanese film, and is also more willing to directly confront her husband about how hurt and angry she is over his secret keeping in the final act.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Chic is an ArmoredClosetGay ladies man, while his counterpart in the Japanese movie, TÅkichi, is HappilyMarried to a woman.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Chic is a burly flirt who insists that he is only joining the class to attract girls, complains about having to practice dancing with men, and brags about his romantic exploits, but he is seen romantically dancing with a man during the final scene.
* CampStraight: Link is passionate about ballroom dancing and wears sparkly outfits and/or a long wig while he dances, but is attracted to women and views his lifestyle as an UnManlySecret while observing that he would be judged less mockingly for his passions if he was CampGay.
--> '''Link''': I mean, a straight man who likes to dance around in sequins walks a very lonely road, I got news for you.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: BigFun Vern only has a few scenes with his fiancée, but she is nearly two heads shorter than him, even in high heels, and at least fifty pounds lighter than him.
* MistakenForCheating: When John comes home happier than usual, smelling of perfume and lying about working late, his wife naturally suspects adultery until learning that he's just taken up ballroom dancing as a hobby.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jenna cheering for her daughter during the dance competition flusters him into making disastrous missteps, given how he had been unaware that his family was present (or even knew that he was a ballroom dancer).
* TheNotLoveInterest: John joins the dance classes due to admiring instructor Paulina from afar, and she mentors him in sometimes sensual dances and opens up to him a lot, but John ultimately still loves his wife, and Paulina makes it clear that she only has professional interactions with her students and never shows any romantic passion expect when she is reflecting on her ex-boyfriend.
* PrivateDetective: Devine and Scott are a pair of NiceGuy BunnyEarsLawyer investigators who shadow John when his wife worries that he's having an affair.
