Shall We Dance
Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 33
  3. Negative: 7 out of 33
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    This is a "What were they thinking?"-size disaster, with the wrong actors in the wrong roles in a project that had no reason to be remade in the USA.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Do yourself a favor and rent the 1996 original from Japan instead.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    38
    Now, forcibly deported to Chicago and peopled with American stars, the same story is huffed and puffed and squeezed into an entirely different cultural context. Guess what? Sayonara sushi, hello turkey.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    A remarkably ill-advised remake.
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  5. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    25
    What's left is a lot of strenuous playacting when what's called for is the finesse of the Japanese original. Skip this stub-toed substitute.
  6. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Falls flat, with more "sound design" than delicious music, more slick film editing than graceful ballroom gliding.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    The low point of the new Shall We Dance comes when Miss Paulina finally confesses why she's so sad.

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6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 8 out of 28
  1. horsth.
    7
    Easy entertainment.great music. Afeelgood movie.
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