David Sparrow

Shall We Dance? (film) is a Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon film about the role of Service in partnership and committed relationships, as well as its vices of Reclusiveness ("checking out of the relationship") and Martyrdom, or "letting yourself get used." You can see ample information about it below. It is available for a small fee on the web.

Shall We Dance (2004) Comedy, Drama, Music | 106min | 15 October 2004 (USA)

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Director: Peter ChelsomWriter: Masayuki Suo, Audrey WellsStars: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan SarandonSummary: John Clark is a middle aged Chicago estate lawyer. 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. 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 is intrigued enough with her beauty and sadness to go in one evening on his way home. He learns that she is Paulina, one of the instructors and a former world class ballroom dancer. Because of her, he signs up for beginner group dance lessons, regardless of them being taught by Miss Mitzi herself, and not Paulina. 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 ... Written by Huggo

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Shall We Dance? (2004)

PG-13 107 min - Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedies - 15 October 2004

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Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

Director: Peter Chelsom

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Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

Collections: Romance, Intellectual Attraction, Step 7 - Who I Am

Tagline: Step out of the ordinary.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedies

Details

Official Website: http://www.miramax.com/shallwedance/

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Release Date: 15 October 2004

Box Office

Budget: $50,000,000

Revenue: $170,128,460

Company Credits

Production Companies: Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

Serendipity (2001) is a Jon Cusack and Kate Beckinsale film about love and you can see ample information about it below. It is available for free on the web.

A good example of Resilience in a relationship, while a comedy, and fantasy, is the film, Serendipity, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The two leads are both of high Intelligence, and they fall in love over witty banter, only much later to discover how important that Beliefs are in the survival of a romance, or in this case, even a "star-crossed love." The film also wonderfully highlights how a high IQ indicates an equal amount of left-brained and right-brained intellect, since the male lead (Cusack) sometimes seems to be a King and at other times, more of a romantic Lover personality, while Beckinsale's character sometimes is the hard-driving Warrior personality, but at other times, is outright magical in her words and behavior.

While a fantasy, it is a study in the kind of persistence, and Resilience that lasting couples can only hope to strive for if they are to make it in today's pessimistic, divorce-ridden world. Both of them bounce between the vices of Capriciousness (too flexible and Resilient, as if to quickly get over the loss of their love), and being Frail (and utterly broken inside, at the repetitive loss of each other, just slipping through each other's grasp time and time again through the story. That is, until they finally surrender to the Faith that they are destined to be together and the Belief in the spiritual power of love over the miles. Faith is a close analogue of Resilience in the realm of the spiritual connection of romance.

Serendipity (2001) Comedy, Romance | 90min | 5 October 2001 (USA)

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Director: Peter ChelsomWriter: Marc KleinStars: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy PivenSummary: Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together... Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can't forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiance for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the two close to meeting a number of times but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be. Written by Lordship <lordship@juno.com>

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Serendipity (2001)

PG-13 90 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance, Drama - 5 October 2001

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Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

Director: Peter Chelsom