Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore,
Nora Dunn, Frances Fisher,
Parker Posey, Michael Sheen,
Elva Crowley, Mina Badie,
Mike Doyle, James McClatchie,
Vincent Marzello, Brendan Morrissey,
Johnny Myers, Brette Taylor,
Gordon Sterne, David Wilmot,
Heather Nurnberg |
Directed
by: Peter Howitt
Written by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Aline Brosh McKenna,
Robert Harling,
Peter Howitt,
David T. Friendly
Produced by: Moritz Borman,
Pierce Brosnan,
Julie Durk,
David T. Friendly
Distributor: New Line Cinema |
US:
30 APRIL 2004
UK: 07 MAY 2004 |
In an homage to romantic comedies of the 1940s and 1950s (especially "Adam's Rib," starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy), this is the story of two New York divorce attorneys (Moore, Brosnan) who are often competing against each other, but end up in a relationship nonetheless. When they get married, can they avoid the same issues at home that lead people to provide them business at work? One of the central cases in the story is the heavily-publicized divorce of a rock star (Sheen) from his wife (Posey). |
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This sound awfully like the Coen's recent Intolerable Cruelty - with slightly less beautiful people in the male slash female roles. Moore is a fine comedic actor who was herself a hoot in a Coen flick. Remain to be convinced - and Hepburn/Tracy is simply an impossible act to follow, let alone homage. But then, any movie that featurea a Badie and a Friendly in the cast and crew, might have something going for it. |
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