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REVIEWSPREVIEWS
Laws of Attraction
Ever thought about divorce attorneys getting married and then breaking up? Well, Laws of Attraction is definitely something lawyers will admire.
Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore), a famous New York divorce attorney, has been single for all her 35 years. Then there is handsome, clever Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan), who turns out to be a tough counterpart. Although both have different professional styles – Woods is a conventional lawyer and Rafferty works in a funny manner —, often competing against each other, they end up falling in love. However, when they get involved in a highly publicized divorce case of a famous rock star (Michael Sheen) from his wife (Parker Posey), they have to go to Ireland to examine a gorgeous castle, their clients’ biggest property. After taking part in a local festival, partying and getting too drunk, they stumble into bed. Next morning, they are shaken when they discover they got married the night before!
Director Peter Howitt has made comedy the base of this flick, which doesn’t really seem to work out. Tragedy, on the other hand, keeps the film a bit fresh. —Aftab Borka
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The Terminal
Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visiting citizen of a fictitious country, Krakozia, gets stuck in uninterrupted limbo at a New York airport terminal. As it turns out, Viktor has fallen through a small “crack in the system.” During his flight, his country’s government gets overthrown and now his visa has become invalid.
Making American soil out of bounds for him, he spends months in the terminal, where he plays cupid to Diego Luna, finds love in the form of Catherine Zeta Jones’ airhostess and scuffles with Stanley Tucci, head of the terminal.
It’s still a wonder how Steven Spielberg manages to draw so much out of a flatfooted story. Most of the director’s trademark boosters of sentiments seem phony and that is a first, whilst the acute display of regular Spielberg environs look lost – at least in the first half. From there the film gradually consecrates the air of resilience and solidarity into an ambitious and down-to-earth finalé. The Terminal is thoroughly recommended. —M. Kamran Jawaid
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