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FILM REVIEW; A Steely Hearted Woman Vs. a Rascally Charming Man
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: April 30, 2004, Friday
In the opening title sequence of ''Laws of Attraction,'' little golden bubbles float upward to a satiny Champagne score (by Edward Shearmur), but the movie never makes good on this promise of effervescence. This is too bad, because the two principal actors in this watery romantic comedy, which opens nationwide today, make you wish it were better.
As Daniel Rafferty, a dashing divorce lawyer, Pierce Brosnan, with a hint of James Bond swagger, continues his run as a late-blooming, grown-up sex symbol. He is far more appealing in middle age than he was in his pseudo-Bond ''Remington Steele'' youth. And it is a relief to see Julianne Moore doing something onscreen besides suffer.
Her character, Audrey Woods, also a divorce lawyer, is at first so antiromantic that she refuses even to discuss the possibility of dating. Given Ms. Moore's attractiveness, this may seem wildly implausible -- in any case it is never explained --unless it is a reaction to some of her recent roles. If you had endured the marital agonies of ''Far From Heaven,'' ''The Hours'' and ''Safe,'' you might be a little gun-shy, too.
FILM REVIEW; A Steely Hearted Woman Vs. a Rascally Charming Man
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: April 30, 2004, Friday
In the opening title sequence of ''Laws of Attraction,'' little golden bubbles float upward to a satiny Champagne score (by Edward Shearmur), but the movie never makes good on this promise of effervescence. This is too bad, because the two principal actors in this watery romantic comedy, which opens nationwide today, make you wish it were better.
As Daniel Rafferty, a dashing divorce lawyer, Pierce Brosnan, with a hint of James Bond swagger, continues his run as a late-blooming, grown-up sex symbol. He is far more appealing in middle age than he was in his pseudo-Bond ''Remington Steele'' youth. And it is a relief to see Julianne Moore doing something onscreen besides suffer.
Her character, Audrey Woods, also a divorce lawyer, is at first so antiromantic that she refuses even to discuss the possibility of dating. Given Ms. Moore's attractiveness, this may seem wildly implausible -- in any case it is never explained --unless it is a reaction to some of her recent roles. If you had endured the marital agonies of ''Far From Heaven,'' ''The Hours'' and ''Safe,'' you might be a little gun-shy, too.