Great Film: Laws of Attraction
007 meets (and shags) Sex in the City
OK, the heading was to grab your attention. Sarah Jessica Parker and
her sex-mad cronies aren't (thankfully!) in this, but Pierce Brosnan
and Julianne Moore are.
Every now and then, they make a lightweight comedy romance with English
actor Hugh Grant, and someone like Jennifer Lopez or Sandra Bullock,
and it falls apart because Grant can't act. Well, this one boldly casts
Irish-born Bond actor Brosnan with stage-actress Moore.
It's not a "wet hanky" romance (as some reviewers were evidently
expecting) but a tale of one-upmanship between two rival lawyers in
Manhattan, both immediately likable characters, with romance, spy
cameras and Irish dancing thrown in. Thank God there are no nasal
Manhattan accents, people talking really fast about how much money
they've made, women discussing sex in coffee houses, people whistling
for taxis, scenes of the Statue of Liberty or Frank Sinatra music.
All in all, well worth renting.
Cast
- Daniel Rafferty played by Pierce Brosnan
- Audrey Woods played by Julianne Moore
- Serena played by Parker Posey
- Waitress played by Sara James
- Judge Abramovitz played by Nora Dunn
- Thorne Jamison played by Michael Sheen
- Sara Miller played by Frances Fisher
