mark.waltz Two rival divorce attorneys (Piercw Brosnan and Julianne Moore) start off their love/hate professional relationship on a Tracy/Hepburn like "Woman of the Year" style comedy. Unlike that classic battle of the sexes, this works best before they take their relationship past professional. She's smug and conniving in her attempts to win cases, but he's far more clever and sly. It goes from Manhattan divorce courts to an Irish wedding (in Ireland) and by the time a shocking plot development occurs, it's lost a good deal of its sense of fun, and seems to be closer to "Taming of the Shrew" than "State of the Marital Union".At times, this is extremely clever and filled with surprises but suddenly becomes a traditional romantic comedy where the spark dilutes as the romance progresses. Brosnan is better at romantic comedy than Moore is, although she at times looses the uncomfortable feeling she seems to gain in certain amusing circumstances. Frances Fisher is delightfully sardonic as Moore's youth craving mother, and Nora Dunn gets laughs simply for a single tart word followed by her gavel whack as the divorce court judge. I had high hopes for this after a great start, but for the most part, it seems to fizzle after its half way mark, especially when Moore and Brosnan end up going toe to toe after an "Adam's Rib" like involvement in a divorce case concerning a rather untalented rock star.

Raul Faust Yay, "Laws of Attraction" is a good movie, despite having many romantic clichés and not being funny.The way the lawyers were portrayed here was very realistic and Julianne Moore gives a perfect acting.I was about to rate this movie very high, but after Rafferty's statement about the four million check, the movie died for me. It was the most unethical a counselor could have done, it disgusted me as a law student. And it disgusted even more that Audrey forgave this and got back with him.Also, the marriage thing looked very amateur to me. If their wedding in Ireland was just in church, how would the American media (and justice) consider them "legally bound" if they didn't sign any contract at all?But over all, the movie is quite interesting and worth a watch ;)

Avinash Patalay Pierce Brosnan carries himself no-less than a Bond. He shines, he rules.In all honesty, I was expecting a bit more punch in terms of performance from Julianne Moore. Sadly she disappoints and pouts!!Michael Sheen, until the credits rolled by I couldn't make out that it was Mr. Blair/ Mr. Frost.The story starts off pretty well but somewhere between the steam goes low. Nonetheless, its not a bad film for an one-time watch and there is enough humour to keep glued to the seats.And of course, the Irishman uses this opportunity to market Ireland to the world - even if its not Tuesday!!!

saberlee44 This film, about two opposing divorce counsels, played by Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, had no merits to speak about. In the blink of an eye, they meet in court and in the blink of the eye again, are married. How? Why? I wasn't even sure how they got from Point A to Point B but it didn't matter, nor did the fact that there was no chemistry between the two at all.Quite frankly, although this film is not highly rated, I'm surprised to see it rated as high as a five. Of course, I thought INTOLERABLE CRUELTY was also one of the worst films I've ever seen, and people seemed to like that. I would label this film "Intolerable Cruelty 2." There were, for me, parallels between the two films. They both centered around couples who had no depth of character, evoked no empathy, and I couldn't have cared less what happened to them. Only Frances Fisher, as Ms. Moore's mother, managed to redeem a tiny piece of this ghastly film.When I had initially heard that Julianne Moore received bad marks for her "comedic" talents, I thought surely, the critics must be being a bit unfair to this very fine actress. But she wasn't very good. Seeing her in this role reminded me of a time when I attended an office Xmas party and saw someone I respected down and out drunk. It was embarrassing and I wished I had never seen it and never let it tarnish my image of that person. However, in defense of Ms. Moore, who I still think is a fine actor, I can't imagine the finest comedic actress in the world saving this film.As they say, if it's not on the page, it ain't on the stage. In my opinion, when this film was finished, it was put in the wrong can. It should have gone in the trash can. Horrible, boring, clichéd script that didn't know what it was supposed to be. The plot was not believable. That's fine, if you're consistent. I believe that Mr. Ed could talk and did talk to Wilbur. But I had no idea what this was supposed to be.Other than that, it was a wonderful film. :0)