Shall We Dance

What I got from this movie was that a man Named John Clark who seemed to have everything and wanted nothing finally found something that he needed which was happiness. He was a very happily married man with two children but wasn’t completely satisfied with his life. He would take the train to and from work every single day and would always pass a dance studio and see this women looking sadly out the window. One day he decided to stop in and sign up for lessons, little did he know this would change his life for the better. However with him being gone all the time his wife suspects he is cheating only to discover he has been dancing all along. In the movie you don’t realize if he starts taking the dance lessons because he has a crush on the dance teacher Paulina or because he really just wants to dance. One scene where he meets his son at the bar and sees him and his new girlfriend dancing this feeling takes over him and you see all he wants to do is dance. One of the lady that takes dance lesson there named Bobby enters a dance competition and John is her partner. For weeks they practice and you can see he doesn’t mind because he just loves dancing that much. One the day of the competition Bobby and John are so great but john get distracted when he hears a, “go dad” and looks into the audience to see his wife and daughter. He and Bobby stumble and half of Bobby’s dress rips running them out of the competition. Once he sees how angry his wife is for hiding this from him he quits dancing for a while. When Paulina is having a going away party his wife leaves him a note saying to go to the party and she finally found something to put in the box for, “the man that has everything”. A new pair of dancing shoes!! He is debating on whether or not to go and on the train on the way home is a sign hanging over the dance station that reads, “Shall we dance Mr. Clark?” The next scene you see him tying up his shoes and you see him coming up the escalator all dressed up, rose in hand and he goes up to his wife, his partner and asks her to dance. Such a romantic moment! John and his wife show up to Paulina’s party and John dances with Paulina to her going away dance. I love how the movie wraps up with everyone dancing in their own atmosphere.