The Laws of Attraction

At 88-years old Ben Everett is killed by a loose truck tire that smashes into his windshield and his grieving family soon discovers that he has left his multi-million dollar estate to his new 24-year old wife, Susannah McCreedy. When the marriage and the will are challenged in court, Susannah claims to be the reincarnation of Ben€s first wife, Rose. This quickly hits the national wires and the small town of New City is turned into a circus with reporters, demonstrators, believers and non-believers jeering at each other across from the steps of the courthouse, and the trial takes on biblical proportions with testimony from an academic expert on reincarnation.

A no nonsense judge, two zealous attorneys, including one who was himself the child of a May-December marriage, an old friend of Rose€s, Ben€s three sons, a small town jury and an old-time private investigator who scours the country searching for Susannah€s past make for a rather unusual and somewhat comical trial to determine whether there is indeed life after death.