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2004 Certificate 12
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Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Miller (Julianne Moore) are the two top divorce lawyers in New York, so it's only natural they should meet, fall in love, and face reservations about the sanctity of marriage while tussling in court. Peter Howitt's film is a contemporary urban fairy tale and direct descendent of the .. Read more

Starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Parker Posey
Director Peter Howitt
Genres Comedy

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Laws Of Attraction

Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Miller (Julianne Moore) are the two top divorce lawyers in New York, so it's only natural they should meet, fall in love, and face reservations about the sanctity of marriage while tussling in court. Peter Howitt's film is a contemporary urban fairy tale and direct descendent of the screwball comedies of the 1930s, replete with pratfalls and battle-of-the-sexes repartee. The story has Moore playing the typical neurotic Manhattan professional, substituting work for a relationship. Enter Daniel (Brosnan), a rogue who wears his charm as effortlessly as his rumpled suit. Known for their in-court bickering, the pair wind up on opposite sides of a high profile case involving a philandering rock star (Michael Sheen) and his fashion designer wife (Parker Posey). The case leads both Audrey and Daniel to their clients' romantic castle in Ireland, where they find themselves married after a drunken blackout. The high-strung character of Audrey is a big change of pace for Moore, while Brosnan has it easy in a role that fits him like an old shoe. The real scene stealers here are Posey and Sheen as the couple savagely battling over custody of the castle. Along with heavy satire, this is really an old-fashioned romance at heart, and should make for a breezy night of marital therapy for stressed-out couples everywhere.

Starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Parker Posey, Frances Fisher, Nora Dunn
Director Peter Howitt
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Rom-Coms
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 20 Sep 2004
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Laws Of Attraction

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    This latest bid to recapture the spirit of those old battle-of-the-sexes comedies stars Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as rival divorce lawyers who fall in love after they get married. The leads do their best, but unfortunately lack any real chemistry or the effortless ease that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn would have brought to the roles. Overall, the film is neither as sharp nor as funny as it should be — a mid-way sojourn to Ireland, where Brosnan and Moore get drunkenly wed, is especially misjudged by British director Peter Howitt. The best lines go to Frances Fisher, as Moore's mum, who has a feisty edge that the whole film would benefit from. So it's no Adam's Rib, but the stars are easy on the eye and it's watchable in an undemanding way.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...Real feel-good fun. Sheer star quality... Unmissable..."

    • Daily Star
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 35 out of 41 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Finally - a cure for Sunday insomnia!!!! (0 stars)

    Laws of Attraction is like visiting your lonely grandma and getting stuck watching The Young and the Restless while she sleeps on your shoulder. It is long and boring, plays it by the numbers, has duller-than-life characters, and frankly --- is rather pathetic. Trust me when I say, you would rather watch the Best of Big Brother than this movie. Ireland has never been so dull. Romance has never been so dull. I have never been so bored. Watching this movie is a cure for Sunday insomnia.

      • N Stafford from England
      • Posted 28 Apr 2005 11:43

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Not bad

    Took me by surprise. In all not at all bad much better than I expected for a guy who use to play James Bond 007.

    Well worth watching.

      • Headland from West Midlands
      • Posted 07 Oct 2004 15:12

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    • 11 Nov 2004

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      Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Miller (Julianne Moore) are the two top divorce lawyers in New York, so it's only natural they should meet, fall in love, and face reservations about the sanctity of marriage while tussling in court. Peter Howitt's film is a contemporary urban fairy tale ...