The rest of the supporting cast are very funny and they keep this film moving. She gets by with an average performance though. Jennifer Lopez's performance isn't very strong and the role didn't really seem to fit her. Richard Gere does a good job playing John, nothing great but nothing terrible either.
She does a very good job and she has a fair amount of screen time. The cast is pretty good with the best being Susan Sarandon. I was expecting this film to be horrible as the trailer and early buzz weren't that good but they must have fixed the problems. I have never seen the original so I can't compare the two but the original is probably better.
The movie for the most part isn't boring. The plot is okay it just sounds kind of boring. Richard Gere plays John Clark, a lawyer who feels the need to spice up his stagnating marriage (to Susan Sarandon, no less) by taking ballroom dance lessons from a beautiful and mysterious younger woman (Jennifer Lopez). Shall We Dance doesn't break any new ground but those who just want a good time will find it with this film. John may not get the happy ending that he wants as Beverly, based on circumstances, believes he is having an affair. Similarly, each of those at the dance studio are looking for their small place in life with the right person, Paulina included. But as Paulina slowly allows herself to be involved in their lives as well, despite she vowing not to fraternize with the students, John comes to the spoken realization of what he was looking for when he first spotted Paulina in the window. As time progresses, John gets caught up in the lives of those at Miss Mitzi's: his two fellow classmates - overweight Vern who wants to learn to dance for his upcoming wedding, and Chic, who wants to impress the ladies - and two of the studio's competitive amateurs, opinionated and brash Bobbie, who is looking for a dance partner, and one person who surprises John and who just wants to be able to show his true colors to the world while hiding under a mask. Because of her, he signs up for beginner group dance lessons, regardless of them being taught by Miss Mitzi herself, and not Paulina.
He learns that she is Paulina, one of the instructors and a former world class ballroom dancer. He is intrigued enough with her beauty and sadness to go in one evening on his way home.
While taking the el train home every night, he notices the same young, beautiful contemplative woman staring out of one of the windows of Miss Mitzi's Dance Studio, which specializes in ballroom. He loves his family, which includes his wife Beverly, but their combined busy schedules and getting caught in a rut after two decades of marriage has left him feeling unfulfilled. John Clark is a middle aged Chicago estate lawyer.