Brightness/Contrast - Lighting

If something was recorded in a low light setting, (wedding reception indoors with dim lighting and candlelight) can FCE be used to modify the scene and add some brightness/contrast so the viewer can see more than shadows and things like that? If so, how?
Thank you in advance.

Thank you very much Tom!
The person for whom this footage was intended states they are unable to see anything but dark shadows and images on their TV and pc.
For me as the editor, the footage appears mostly clear keeping in mind it was a low-lit room and you can see people in motion, etc. on two TV's in my home and two pc monitors. The FCE manual says to only do color correction on a broadcast video monitor, not on Mac or another television.
Aside from telling them to buy a new TV and pc, (haha) I'm not sure specifically what to fix in this case.
Thanks once again for your help initially.

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