"Shall We Dance?"Year of production: 2004
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music, Comedy
Running Time: 106 min
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon
Jennifer's character: Paulina
Summary: John Clark is a man with a wonderful job, a charming
wife and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is
missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on
his commute home through Chicago, John sees a beautiful woman staring
with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by
her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up
for ballroom dancing lessons, hoping to meet her. At first, it seems
like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina, but the older
Miss Mitzi, and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless
classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina,
she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously
study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue,
John falls in love with dancing.
"Jersey Girl"Year of production: 2004
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Running Time: 102 min
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer's character: Gertrude Steiney
Summary: Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great
girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but
while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his
workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't
live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and
pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has
breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do
he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a
young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.
"Gigli"Year of production: 2003
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Running Time: 121 min
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha
Jennifer's character: Ricki
Summary: Gigli, a lowly and inept hitman, is assigned a job by
the mob to kidnap a mentally retarded brother of a California district
attorney. Gigli abducts the brother from his mental hospital and holds
him hostage in his apartment. Ricki, a "lesbian assassin", is sent to
oversee Gigli's job and make sure he doesn't screw it up. Comedic high
jinks ensue as the two go on the lam and start to fall in love.
"Maid in Manhattan"Year of production: 2002
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 105 min
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci
Jennifer's character: Marisa Ventura
Summary: Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the
boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class
Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets
Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who
believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the
unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is
revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the
distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and
the Bronx.
"Enough"Year of production: 2002
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 115 min
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Tessa Allen
Jennifer's character: Slim Hiller
Summary: An abused woman discovers that the dream man she
married isn't who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to
escape (aided by her previous boyfriend), but he pursues her
relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides
that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him.
"Angel Eyes"Year of production: 2001
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Running Time: 102 min
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel
Jennifer's character: Sharon Pogue
Summary: While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police
officer Sharon Pogue nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until
a mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves
Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a
concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't
afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once
before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each
other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.
"The Wedding Planner"Year of production: 2001
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 103 min
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson
Jennifer's character: Mary Fiore
Summary: Mary Fiore is the wedding planner. She's ambitious,
hard-working, extremely organized, and she knows exactly what to do and
say to make any wedding a spectacular event. Bt when Mary falls
(literally) for a handsome doctor her busy yet uncomplicated life is
turned upside down - he's the groom in the biggest wedding of her
career! Will she help him walk down the aisle with his internet tycoon
girlfriend, or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself? When it
comes to love, you can never plan what's going to happen.