NO, MY UNCLE CLIVE. BUT EQUALLY PROFOUND, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
THROW YOUR TAKE ON LIFE AND MARRIAGE AT ME
LIKE SOME MORAL BATTERING RAM. AND WHAT ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL FALLOUT YOU SEEM SO DESPERATE TO AVOID?
WELL... I'M SORRY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN DIVORCE. YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN DIVORCE? HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
- YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING-- - IT'S A JOB! BUT IN THOSE MISERABLE COUPLES, WHAT DO WHAT WE SEE?
- WHAT DO WE REALLY SEE? - US. WE SEE US! - PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE-- - NO, NO, NO, NO! WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO FIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN. FIGHT FAIR, FIGHT DIRTY, BUT FIGHT! PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT TO SAVE A MARRIAGE HAVE TO BE IN A MARRIAGE THEY WANT TO BE IN!
- I AM! - THAT'S BULLSHIT! NO, IT ISN'T! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I'M NOT IN THIS MARRIAGE TO SAVE MY CAREER, I'M SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU, BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY CAREER!
BUT I DO CARE ABOUT YOU... AND SO I WILL GIVE YOU A DIVORCE, GLADLY,
BECAUSE... CALL ME OLD FASHIONED, BUT WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE...
I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE UNSELFISH ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY WANT.
I'LL BE AROUND LATER TO PICK UP MY THINGS.
- ( dialing ) - Sara: HELLO? MOM?
( phone rings ) - Sara: Hello? - Woman: Hi, Sara, it's Arlene.
Sara: Arlene, can I call you back? I have Audrey with me.
Sara:
DARLING, YOU CAN'T LIVE YOUR LIFE TRYING TO AVOID THE MISTAKES I'VE MADE. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE YOUR OWN.YOU THINK I'M MAKING ONE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, HONEY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I'M RUNNING OUT OF FAVORS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON PAGE SIX OF THE NEW YORK POST?
- ( laughs ) - OH. IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
Abramovitz:
I HAD THORNE JAMISON'S 12-YEAR-OLD ASSISTANT ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING. DON'T ASK ME HOW SHE GOT MY PRIVATE LINE-- IT'S UNLISTED.ANYWAY, SHE HAS INFORMED ME THAT YOUR CLIENT WILL NOT BE APPEARING IN COURT TODAY, AS HE HAS GONE BACK TO HIS CASTLE IN IRELAND.
WHICH AS YOU KNOW HAS NOT YET BEEN AWARDED TO EITHER PARTY AND IS, AS SUCH, OFF LIMITS. NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 48 HOURS TO GET HIM BACK HERE
OR I'M GOING TO DISMISS THIS CASE FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE. ARE YOU OKAY?
- OH, WELCOME BACK. - HELLO, MRS. FLANAGAN. - IS MR. JAMISON IN? - ( distant screaming ) - Woman: OH MY GOD! - OH, NO.
OH MY GOD! ARE YOU-- OH! - Woman: GET OFF OF ME! - OH, I UH... I-I'M SO SORRY. I THOUGHT Y-YOU--
YOU SCREAMED. - YEAH, DON'T YOU? - ( both laughing ) Thorne: NICE ONE, BABE.
YEAH, NO-- WELL-- SEE, UH, WE-- WE BOTH GOT HERE ON SEPARATE PLANES AND, UH, WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO GET STUCK INTO TEARING THE PLACE APART
WHEN MRS. F COMES IN AND SAYS, "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY." SEVEN YEARS.
YOU WAS JUST A BABY, WEREN'T YOU? SEE, WE GOT MARRIED HERE IN THE LOCAL VILLAGE.
ANYWAY, WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT WORK. - YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, RIGHT? - YEAH - YOU CAN'T GIVE UP, RIGHT? - NO.
- AUDREY. - HELLO. WHAT ARE YOU BOTH DOING HERE, ANYWAY?
I CAME TO TELL YOU YOU'RE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE HERE. YEAH, BUT WE ARE.
YEAH, 'CAUSE LIKE WE OWN IT. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR COMING ALL THIS WAY. MICHAEL! YOU MUST BOTH STAY FOR SOME NOSH.
YES, SIR? AH, HELLO THERE. IF IT ISN'T THEMSELVES. HOW ARE YOU?
AH, MICHAEL,HU, WILL YOU TELL MRS. FLANAGAN THAT WE WILL BE TWO EXTRA FOR DIN-DINS?
- NO PROBLEM, SIR. - SO YOU WORK HERE AS WELL? AS WELL AS WHAT?
BEING A PRIEST. OH, I SEE! ( laughs ) YEAH, THE OLD FESTIVAL.
AH, NO, I JUST DO THAT FOR A BIT OF FUN. I HAVE AN ECCLESIASTICAL DEMEANOR APPARENTLY.
SO... YOU'RE NOT A REAL PRIEST? OH, GOODNESS ME, NO.
STILL, I SEE YOU WENT AHEAD AND DID IT FOR REAL. I CAN ALWAYS TELL THE ONES WHO WILL.
- SO THAT MEANS THEN... - OH, NO! OH, GOD.
WELL... THE LAST THING ANYONE IN THIS ROOM SEEMS TO NEED
I WON'T STAY FOR SUPPER, IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU.
( clears throat ) WELL, AH-- AH, THANKS. ANYWAY, UH...
BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT. I-I-I HAD NO IDEA - THE LEGAL SYSTEM WAS SO DEEP. - ( car departs )
ARE YOU OKAY? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK YOU TWO HAVE HAD A LOVER'S TIFF. YEAH-- YEAH, WE DID, KINDA.
Serena: YEAH, WELL, YOU GOTTA GET OVER IT. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SAID YOU COULD GET THROUGH THE BAD PATCHES,
THAT BREAKING UP WAS THE LAST RESORT. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YES, I DID. WILL YOU GIVE ME A RIDE?
- Serena: DO YOU KNOW THE WAY? - Thorne: DO I KNOW THE WAY? - I KNOW IRELAND LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND. - Serena: YEAH, RIGHT.
Thorne: ALONG GIANT'S PASS, THROUGH PADDY'S CROSS,
OVER THE BRIDGE, AND BACK TO PADDY'S CROSS. Serena: WE'RE LOST.
Thorne: NO, NO, NO, NO, I SHOULD HAVE TURNED RIGHT EARLIER. AH, RIGHT, I'M ALL OVER IT. WHAT TIME'S YOUR FLIGHT?
HI. DID THE FLIGHT FOR NEW YORK LEAVE YET?
TWO MINUTES AGO. DID DANIEL RAFFERTY CHECK IN? I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE-- PLEASE, PLEASE, CAN YOU JUST BE THE GUY
WHO BREAKS THE RULES, JUST THIS ONCE? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
- RAFFERTY, YOU SAY? - YEAH. ( typing )
YES, HE DID. WERE YOU MEANT TO BE WITH HIM?
YES, I WAS. WHEN'S THE NEXT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK?
Audrey: DID YOU KNOW THAT 80% OF WOMEN WHO SAY THEY'RE TOO BUSY TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, ARE REALLY LONELY?
YOU'RE ALWAYS SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO SAVE A MARRIAGE AND NOT GIVE IN, RIGHT?
YES. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT? Abramovitz: NOT ONLY DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOUR BICKERING,
FINGER POINTING, BACKSTABBING AND NAME CALLING DURING THE WEEK, NOW YOU DRAG ME IN ON THE WEEKEND TOO?!
ANYWAY, SEEING AS WE'RE HERE, COUNSELOR WOODS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, IF I MAY.
DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND? WILL YOU LOVE HIM, KEEP HIM,
HONOR HIM AND PROTECT HIM, AND FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, BE LOYAL ONLY TO HIM?
- I WILL. - I KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I'M HER MOTHER.
I WILL. SO WILL I. Abramovitz: HEY! HEY! I DIDN'T GET TO YOU YET.
- SORRY. - WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? DO YOU WANT TO BE THE ONLY MAN EVER HELD IN CONTEMPT AT HIS OWN WEDDING?
NO, YOUR HONOR. COUNSELOR DANIEL RAFFERTY,
DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE? WILL YOU LOVE HER... WITH THE POWER INVESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE. YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE.
BYE. ( sighs ) HERE YOU GO, FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE. OH, WOW. HOW CAN I REFUSE?
- ( laughs ) - MMM. Man: YOU KNOW, YOU FOLKS MAY WANT TO CLOSE THE SUNROOF. THERE'S A 79% CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
I WATCH THE WEATHER CHANNEL.
THEN THAT TIME I WENT AND SAID GOODBYE OH, NOW I'M BACK AND NOT ASHAMED TO CRY
OOH BABY, HERE I AM SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKe1pA6wJtU
Though equally respected in their field, divorce lawyers Audrey Woods (Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Julianne Moore - "Far From Heaven," "Short Cuts"), and Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan - "The Matador," "Die Another Day") are opposites inside and out of the courtroom. Audrey is meticulous and by the book, while Daniel relies on personality and luck to get by. Despite the difference in methods, neither lawyer has lost a case, and neither plan on ending their streak after being respectively hired by Serena and Thorne, a celebrity power couple gone wrong. The divorce settlement hinges on a particularly spectacular Irish castle, which both parties would like to keep for themselves. Audrey and Daniel hurry to Ireland with depositions in their eyes, but a growing mutual attraction manages to squirm out from beneath, and, after being immersed in a romantic Irish festival, the rival lawyers wake up married.
Release date
2004
Running time
1:30:03
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English
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English
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