Laws Of Attraction
| Written by: | Robert Harling, Aline Brosh McKenna | ![]() |
| Directed by: | Peter Howitt | |
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30 April 2004 (US) 7 May 2004 (UK) |
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| DVD Release: | 24 August 2004 (US) 27 September 2004 (UK) |
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| Status: | Completed | |
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| A romantic comedy, this film is about a high-powered divorce attorney, Audrey Woods, who meets her match in fellow divorce attorney Daniel Rafferty. At the top of their respective games, Audrey and Daniel are a classic study in opposites. She practices law strictly by the book; he always manages to win by the seat of his pants.
They then initiate a rather public campaign of embarrassing the other when ever an opportunity arises. They find themselves pitted against each other on opposite sides of a nasty public divorce between famous clients, Thorne and Serena Jamison, with the case centering upon an Irish castle that each future divorcee has their sights set on. Audrey and Daniel travel to Ireland to chase down depositions, yet the two lawyers, who have been slowly developing a mutual attraction that neither wants to acknowledge. They find themselves thrown together at a romantic Irish festival and after a night of wild celebrating, they wake up the next morning as husband and wife. Audrey is shocked but Daniel seems to be quite happy with the situation. They return to New York and find their marriage news has been printed in a popular tabloid the next day. This is when Audrey decides that they should stay together, in name only, to save their careers. But they are fighting the divorce case with the gusto they always had in the courtroom.
When they arrive, to everybody’s surprise, they discover the famous couple are reunited. It also is discovered that the priest who performed Audrey and Daniel’s marriage was just a servant at the castle and not a priest. It seems marriages he performed that night were just a part of the festival’s celebration and so not legally binding. Audrey and Daniel are shocked and Daniel returns to New York but Audrey follows him as she realizes that she has fallen in love with him. They have a court marriage at the end which is carried out by Judge Abramovitz. |
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Both have a reputation for not losing so when they meet in the court room, the claws are out. Audrey tries to get closer to find out what he knows. They go for a drink and get quite drunk, then end up spending the night together. Rafferty pulls a cheap trick in court the next day and ends up winning the case.
While disposing of garbage one day Daniel discovers some sensitive information about Audrey’s client, Thorne, which he spills in the next day’s court proceedings. Audrey feels betrayed and asks for a divorce there and then, which Daniel agrees to give. Their famous clients, meanwhile, go to Ireland to their castle, which they are not legally permitted to do. Judge Abramovitz sends the two counselors to Ireland to inform them that the law does not permit them to be in the castle until a proper settlement has been agreed.

















