Unconditional Love

July. 15,2003      PG-13
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

Kathy Bates as  Grace Beasley
Rupert Everett as  Dirk Simpson
Meredith Eaton as  Maudey
Lynn Redgrave as  Nola Fox
Dan Aykroyd as  Max Beasley
Jonathan Pryce as  Victor Fox
Peter Sarsgaard as  Window Washer
Richard Briers as  Barry Moore
Stephanie Beacham as  Harriet Fox-Smith
Pat Finn as  Keith

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Reviews

Console
2003/07/15

best movie i've ever seen.

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Dynamixor
2003/07/16

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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AshUnow
2003/07/17

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Mathilde the Guild
2003/07/18

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Mathew O'Keefe
2003/07/19

Unconditional Love became an instant but accidental love when it popped up on the T- Box. September 2012 and the T-Box is offering us a 2002 Kathy Bates movie we had somehow overlooked? With little else on offer, we tuned in with absolutely no expectations, a rare but desirable state of being. What we witnessed was a camp comedy that was as outrageous as it was romantic. Whilst it moved quickly, the characters were deep and you either loved them or loved to hate them. Bates and Everett, the leads, played their roles to perfection, with Bates' performance a gem. Don't pay any attention to people saying Bates looks out of place, they seem to have missed the moment. The movie delivers in spades, if you're not laughing you're crying or being shocked by its blackness, no minority is spared. An uplifting must watch comedy, though maybe too camp for some to appreciate.

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susannealia
2003/07/20

This movie definitely hits the funny bone right on: make sure you have your popcorn and drink ready and are sitting comfortably before it begins, and be ready to be sad when you realise it's over... Kathy Bates as usual strikes all the top notes in her superlative role playing, and is fully matched by the rest of the cast let alone the excellent story and script they are playing out. Get ready to enjoy.The story is particularly poignant as it carries you across different cultures and social stratas both within US daily life, and also across the ocean in UK.. Along the way, it confronts plenty of stereo types from across society, picking holes and touching the pulse of where real people reside within their niches and clichés..

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schweinerippchen-1
2003/07/21

I first saw this movie in a queer film festival. 10 minutes after the movie ended a gay couple walked up to me and asked me whether I needed help - I was still sitting, crying like a maniac. The movie is cheesy, it's bizarre, it's over the top, it's gay - but it is amazing. I do think that every character is plausible. Everett's character is mean to a woman who only tries to help, he brutally throws his (terrible) friends out, he does have a temper, he can harm a fly, the "fly" that killed the love of his life, doubly so. Bates is a miracle, she is perfect, just like a role. A woman whose love and admiration is so strong that she even loves the homosexual lover of her idol is to me the essence of true love. I even understand Max (the husband), he is bored with his life, he's got a midlife crisis. He moves out, tries to lead an exciting life, only to realise a) that he's the really boring part in the relationship and b) that he loves his wife. I love the fact that she comes back to him in the end because I think that it gives the film the right balance between dream and reality. For in the end he's her husband and he might not be as exciting as Victor but he's real, he is the man she loves in a very down to earth way. I've watched it about 50 times and I do love this film, everything about it unconditionally. BTW, just read Rupert Everett's autobiography and UL is the only film that he talks of as one of the best films he ever made. To me it's the best film he ever made.

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mike gordon
2003/07/22

Stumbled across this movie on HBO while on vacation. It was either this or watching CNN all night. In hindsight, I should have stuck with CNN. Sure the cast is excellent. I too am a fan of Bates, Everett & Pryce. In my opinion, Bates' best performances have been in Stephen King's adaptations, i.e. the horror genre. Apart from being a horror to watch, this movie does not fall into that category. It's very difficult to decide what category to place it in at all. I was continually wincing throughout as such characters like Julie Andrews appeared and tried to calm a situation down by singing a song. I can only hope these actors/actresses were doing this for a charity fun event. The worst part of the movie was when it decided to gown down the 'thriller/whodunit' route and the main cast tracked down the killer. No, I changed my mind, the worst part was the TV interview section at the end. It certainly made me wish I'd kept all the little vomit bags from the plane.

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