Laws of Attraction - (PG) - Entertainment in Video - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore play legal eagle sparring partners who fall for each other big time in this unlikely romantic comedy.

Moore is high-powered divorce lawyer Audrey Woods who prides herself on always winning her cases, but she meets her match in more ways than one when rival attorney Daniel Rafferty arrives on the scene.

While Woods practises law strictly by the book and dresses to impress in court, Rafferty couldn't be more different, an unconventional lawyer whose scruffy appearance belies a sharp mind.

Opposites inevitably attract, but the couple's relationship is clouded when they are pitted against each other in a high profile celebrity divorce between a fashion designer (Parker Posey) and her rock star husband, played by Michael Sheen.

When the case takes them to Ireland to look over the unhappy couple's pride and joy, a rambling castle, a night of inebriation results in them waking up the next morning as man and wife.

But as the conflicts between their personal and professional lives threaten to get out of hand, the pair must choose between saving their careers or their marriage.

The film is at its most enjoyable during the scenes involving Brosnan and Moore, whose star power brings a lightweight rom-com to life.

Brosnan switches on the charm to full effect as he flirts like mad with his co-star, whose occasionally mad-cap responses seem somewhat out of place for a character supposedly renowned for her meticulous preparations.

Laws of Attraction works best as a comic battle of the sexes, though the humour does seem strained at times, particularly for Moore's character.

The plot certainly doesn't bear up to close scrutiny, but the undeniably likeable leads keep the film on the tracks and ensure you care about the final outcome.

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