The Goodbye Girl (2004)

At the risk of repeating myself I do wonder why certain films get re-made.  It can't be for the money since how much can a cable movie make?  This was a 1977 film for which Richard Dreyfuss received a best actor oscar (and at that time the youngest winner ever, subsequently overtaken by Adrian Brody).  The role of the actor forced into sharing an apartment with an out-of-work dancer is taken here by Jeff Daniels and I must confess that he was very good and very very likeable in the part.  The Marsha Mason role was taken by Patricia Heaton whom I don't know, but she too did well.  Still none of this answers my basic question.