The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,321 audience votes
Key crew
- Audrey WellsScreenplay
- Peter ChelsomDirector
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
- John AltmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard GereJohn Clark
- Jennifer LopezPaulina
- Susan SarandonBeverly Clark
- Stanley TucciLink
- Lisa Ann WalterBobbie
- Anita GilletteMiss Mitzi
- Bobby CannavaleChic
- Omar Benson MillerVern
- Tamara HopeJenna Clark
- Stark SandsEvan Clark
- Richard JenkinsDevine
- Nick CannonScott
Stills
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Themes
dancejealousyhusband wife relationshipdancerdancing mastermusicalloveremakeballroom dancingdance instructordance teacherlonely man