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Daniel (Pierce Brosnan) and
Audrey (Julianne Moore) at an
Irish festival.
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Courtroom to Bar
An Irish romance
LAWS OF ATTRACTION:
Directed by
Peter Howitt. Written by Aline Brosh McKenna,
Robert Haling, based on a story by McKenna.
Produced by David Bergstein, Beau St. Clair, Julie
Durk, David T. Friendly, Marc Turtletaub.
Cinematography, Adrian Biddle. Production design,
Charles J. H. Wood. Editor, Tony Lawson. Music,
Edward Shearmur. Costumes, Joan Bergin. Starring
Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, with Parker
Posey, Michael Sheen, Nora Dunn and Frances
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22 MAY 13, 2004
L
ike a raft of other romantic come-
dies recently released (and
reviewed by me), Laws of
Attraction is a one-idea movie. The singu-
lar premise is: Wealthy New York divorce
lawyers meet, fight in court, fall in love.
Complications arise.
But the complexities that unfold have
less to do with character development than
would be genuinely interesting and more
to do with plot, which is already paper-
thin. In short, this is a hybrid genre, a
spring movie, a light-weight confection
that goes down easily and stars good-look-
ic tricks to realize she actually likes
Daniel. And Daniel (Pierce Brosnan) is
too busy winning to notice that’s not what
he should do to persuade Audrey to be his
sweetheart.
The plot demands stand-in characters,
who get the choice lines and a chance to
scream, curse and flail around with atti-
tude. That would be potty-mouth, clothes
designer Serena (Parker Posey) and glam
rock star and unrepentant womanizer
Thorne Jamison (Michael Sheen), who are
choreographing a spectacular, high-profile
divorce, complete with courtroom antics,
scads of money, swarms of fans and the
frenzied media. Daniel and his client,
Serena, want to take Thorne to the clean-
ers, despite Audrey’s determination to
paint her client as a long-suffering mate of
an unfaithful wife. The arbitrator who
attempts to bring both battling couples
back to reality is caustic Judge Abramovitz
(Nora Dunn). She doesn’t mince words.
Brosnan and Moore . . . do their best with
a substandard screenplay and lackluster
direction, but I doubt either will place
Laws of Attraction at the top of their
top-notch filmography.
ing actors who know what they’re doing,
even with an insipid screenplay that gives
them really dumb things to say and damp-
ens any tension — romantic or not —
they try to build.
If you’re looking for a simple, hour-
and-a-half fantasy at the movies, here it is.
If you’re looking for an updated Adam’s
Rib, you’re out of luck. This is no
Hepburn-Tracy rematch. No sparkling
witticisms are tossed back and forth
between these infantile, sparring attor-
neys. Audrey (Julianne Moore) is too busy
fretting over her reputation for winning
and playing by the rules and other neurot-
What’s disappointing is that Brosnan
and Moore are more than capable of mak-
ing screwball comedy work, but first they
have to have worthy material. They do
their best with a substandard screenplay
and lackluster direction, but I doubt either
will place Laws of Attraction at the top of
their top-notch filmography. The film is
not an outright embarrassment, just a dis-
appointment.
Now playing at Cinema World and
Cinemark, Laws of Attraction has charm-
ing moments that entertain, but like cotton
candy, it’s sweet going down but has no
nutritional value.
ew
BERNARD WALSH. NEW LINE CINEMA, 2004.
492 E. 13th