Laws of Attraction

Oldschool romantic movie.

"High-powered New York divorce attorneys Daniel Rafferty (Brosnan) and Audrey Woods (Moore) have seen love gone wrong in all its worse case scenarios -- so how bad could their own chances be? " Does that sound good to you? Nope didn't think so.

Couple of drafts short of a good movie, Julianne Moore is not capable of carrying a flick on her own. Pierce Brosnan is a great male lead, and the supporting cast is good, but the script and female lead kill this.

At least Parker Posey is in it.

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The idea of Brosnan and Moore in a “mum and dad energy” romantic comedy is not a bad one, but their friendly and appeasing chemistry is the wrong fit for this crossing and double crossing plot – indeed, it arguably improves once it shifts gear to a pretty Irish travelogue, but by then there’s not really enough at stake in the romantic relationship to carry the film to the end. Might have improved mightily if Sheen and Posey had been cast in the leads!

#14#, popcorn, Julianne.M/10D4

Beautiful, intelligent people being dumb was a hard task for the leads but they do ok. Slightly above average if uneven rom-com.

Too bad I didn't like it better. It was fine though.

Cute comedy.

"Julianne Moore currently essays maybe the most obnoxious white woman in a Hollywood movie since Erin Brockovich." - Joe McGovern