the audience applauded

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan play rival lawyers in a divorce case who fly to Ireland to gather evidence against each others' clients. After a wild night at an Irish festival, they wake up married and with a distinct conflict of interest in this film entitled,Laws Of Attraction.This was based on a story by Aline Brosh McKenna and it was directed by Peter Howitt.The movie was simply a standard opposites-attract romantic comedy.Too bad that aside from being formulaic and clichéd,it was painfully predictable, full of implausibilities, and crowded with supporting characters that are underdeveloped and overplayed.The only thing good about it is that Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan create just enough chemistry to carry the movie.It adds nothing to its type of movie genre and it rather forgettable.

OK ! We have (Pierce Brosnan) and (Julianne Moore) very well dressed, in so attractive shape, and presenting nice performance, while everything is as cool as it can be BUT sorry ! That was not enough at all ! Yes, it's artfully covered but as a swindle more than a real good work ! There were some clever characters and conflict but the makers of it nearly were relying on previous memorized prototypes only with slight touches (he isn't a womanizer or a lair, she loves the weather channel.. And that's it !) You'd feel hastiness and shortness, or just the thin surface of everything; maybe I knew some about HER life but with nothing about HIS ! Moreover you'd find the photo-montage in too many times and bad enough to waste a lot of good areas to make laughs or to focus on the incompatible characters (The courtroom's scenes, the relationship between the main couple in her flat after the Irish marriage, ..etc) just to abbreviate them all coldly and ridiculously in dull video clips ! So all the conversions of the characters like the rock singer who forgives his attorney easily to drive her quickly to her lover, or (Moore) who loves and forgives (Brosnan) maybe because the scriptwriter merely wants that !! As I didn't see her needing of him clearly despite her pride as a professional lawyer ! Even the funny lines seemed a few; there are some catchy ones but forgettable. The music was soft but naive. And all the atmosphere looked so poor which made me think that the whole sequence of Ireland was just to refresh the background and to add some cinematic flavor that can separate the movie from any TV's one ! Let alone a very rash happy end to a fake extent. How I hated the last scene with the judge which seemed tastelessly repeated, without a character, and quite provocative. Yes, it's the most known end of that kind of light love stories but the problem is that we didn't watch a complete love story before it in the first place for God's sake. I was watching some of MTV's or the movie's trailer not a movie ! I had successive gentle colorful scenes but they're all like a well made bubble, with all the emptiness inside. So at last we've been watching just 2 cute stars who have the shine and fervor but in a dim case, moving in a smooth images not good enough to build a convincing or entertaining movie. Actually (Laws Of Attraction) is a fair example of a false romantic comedy which makes the similar TV shows (Like "Pepper Dennis" for instance) look better indeed with all their solid details and leisurely events ! I don't like canned food.. so how about canned fake (Audrey Hepburn) and (Cary Grant)??!!

This should have been great: nice couple of actors, a fun premise: two divorce lawyers falling for each others.While not a bad movie per se, Laws of Attraction is not a good one.The word that springs to mind is insipid - it is all just borderline OK - nothing sparkles, all the clichés don't work, and most noticeably its charm is too manufactured.It is hard to pinpoint why the film falls so flat: script, chemistry take your pick....It's all rather well just not very rom-com more hum-drum...You can watch but you won't love it....

Unless you're a woman into romance novels, or a man who is dating (and in the company of a woman who reads romance novels and who will pay you some...cough, cough...special attention...wink, wink, nod, nod...for sitting through this thing, stay away. It is another fantasy role for Brosnan along the lines of his Bond films. He is in all his cardboard, jawflexing (who wrote that into acting school that every actor must flex his jaw muscles when feeling contemplative?!) glory. Tossle-haired fantasy fodder for females but oh so boring for men. Unless you have a "think" for Juliette Moore, men should stay away (her teeth are the most revealing part of her body and the flashiest part of her acting in the whole film).The script has more holes than a pierced teenage rocker. As someone pointed out in the message boards, two top lawyers fail to notice that little strings on their fingers don't mean legally married without paperwork somewhere. The mother, who has been insisting the daughter never introduce her as her mother and has said how hot she thinks the husband-to-be (Brosnan) is immediately introduces herself to him as "the mother." Just poor writing all around. Maybe if the alternate script and plots on the DVD are as good as another commenter has said it might be worthwhile viewing but I'd never spend money on the risk (I saw this on cable).So, if you're into fantasy fluff, and have nothing else to do, Pierce Brosnan will get you through the film as painlessly as possible. But other than that, as James Bond would tell you, he's Bland...plain bland.