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Laws of Attraction (2004)

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20

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 33

A bland and forgettable copy of Adam's Rib.

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48

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 36,487

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Though equally respected in their field, divorce lawyers Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) and Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) are opposites inside and out of the courtroom. Audrey is meticulous and by the book, while Daniel relies on personality and luck to get by. Despite the difference in methods, neither lawyer has lost a case, and neither plan on ending their streak after being respectively hired by Serena (Parker Posey) and Thorne (Michael Sheen), a celebrity power couple gone wrong. The

PG-13,

Comedy, Romance

Aline Brosh McKenna, Robert Harling

Aug 24, 2004

$17.8M

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The actors work hard to concoct some chemistry, but it's tough to be Tracy and Hepburn, let alone Doris Day and Rock Hudson, when you're trying to get your mouth around lines that wouldn't pass muster on a UPN sitcom.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
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Watch Hepburn and Tracy in Adam's Rib. It's very something.

August 1, 2004
New Yorker
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Terrible, terrible film.

May 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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The plot, the dialogue and the main characters' love connection are basically mind-numbing, and even Parker Posey can't save the show.

April 30, 2004
Washington Post
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Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan create just enough chemistry to carry Laws of Attraction.

April 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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Julianne Moore's talent is simply too heavy for her to rise above this quicksand comedy.

April 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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There's no reason to see this movie.

December 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Pitched as a homage to George Cukor's 1949 classic romantic comedy "Adam's Rib" (with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy), "Laws of Attraction" is far separated from that film's exceptional timing and sincere comic exploration of a competitive couple of

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
ColeSmithey.com

An affable (if entirely forgettable) romantic comedy...

May 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

In the end, lazy scriptwriting leads to a lukewarm verdict.

September 27, 2006
Christianity Today

... painfully predictable, full of super-sized implausibilities, and crowded with supporting characters that are underdeveloped and overplayed.

December 31, 2004
Looking Closer

Standard opposites-attract romantic comedy.

December 17, 2004

What's perfect for [Moore] is that the movie uses manic farce to crack the self-possession that usually keeps her so remote from us.

October 24, 2004 Full Review Source: Blogcritics.org
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The two lead players ... seem the least likely of anyone in the film to fight for themselves, unless you give them very large cocktails.

September 16, 2004
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Like a Lladro statuette, this milky film is pretty and hollow, intellectually suspect but capable of providing a warm frisson of well-being

August 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

O único elemento que salva esta produção do desastre total é o carisma da dupla de protagonistas.

August 5, 2004 | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Laws of Attraction

Lonely but charming divorce lawyers on opposite sides of the aisle opt for a longterm contract, no pre-nup, and so a writ of habeas corpus in this predictable bit o'unfortunately unfortunate blarney. The actors work so hard, and I was rooting for 'em, but ... it finally comes off as too forced, too mechanical, too formulaic, like a big song and dance production number to corn flakes.
February 21, 2012
UniversalDreamer

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A romantic comedy about two opposing divorce lawyers who end up in a relationship.It isnt the funniest comedy around but it does have its charm.
November 25, 2010
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