IN THE NAME OF LOVE.(Laws of Attraction)(Monty Python's Life of Brian)(Movie Review)

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To make a romantic comedy about lawyers is, if not a contradiction in terms, certainly something of a challenge, like trying to set a slasher movie in a petting zoo. Peter Howitt, who gave us "Sliding Doors," is the latest director to attempt the task, and in "Laws of Attraction" he sets about it, at first, with a refreshing zip. The credits show thinly sliced images of New York gliding across one another--a neat enough way to suggest a town on the go.

Audrey Woods is an icy divorce lawyer. She is the best in the city (we are repeatedly told), and she has never lost a case (we are repeatedly told). On the other ...