Unconditional Love (2003)
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14% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(3,038 ratings)
What's a middle-aged woman to do when her husband walks out on her and her favorite pop star is murdered by a serial killer? Writer/director P.J. Hogan explores this and many other pressing questions in Unconditional Love, a comic murder-mystery he devised with his wife and co-screenwriter,… More What's a middle-aged woman to do when her husband walks out on her and her favorite pop star is murdered by a serial killer? Writer/director P.J. Hogan explores this and many other pressing questions in Unconditional Love, a comic murder-mystery he devised with his wife and co-screenwriter, Jocelyn Moorhouse. Their heroine, Grace Beasly (Kathy Bates), finds her placid Midwestern life turned upside down after she loses both of the aforementioned men in her life: her husband (Dan Aykroyd) and the Tom Jones-like, Welsh singing star Victor Fox (Jonathan Pryce), whom she unabashedly worships. After Fox's death, Grace impetuously flies to England for his funeral. Paying an uninvited visit to his countryside estate, she discovers Dirk Simpson (Rupert Everett), Fox's longtime, secret live-in lover, who's also in a state of shock following the senseless murder. Together, the two team up, traveling back to the Windy City to find the infamous "Crossbow Killer" who took Fox's life. After receiving a fall 2002 release in the U.K., Unconditional Love had its U.S. premiere on the Starz network in August 2003. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- P.J. Hogan
- Written By
- Jocelyn Moorhouse, P.J. Hogan
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 1, 2004
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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David Rooney, Variety
A misconceived comedy that despite a warmly empathetic performance from Kathy Bates, never makes its characters' unorthodox chemistry gel.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Part fantasy, part mystery, part women's melodrama, part musical, but not satisfying on any of these levels.
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Garth Franklin, Dark Horizons
An enjoyable little film, certainly a cut above the direct-to-video treatment its getting
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Perdido entre a farsa, a crítica social, o drama e uma trama policial ridícula, o longa faz o máximo para tentar se estabelecer como cult, mas é bobo demais para isso.
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Cast
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Kathy Bates
as Grace Beasley
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Rupert Everett
as Dirk Simpson
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Meredith Eaton
as Maudey
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Peter Sarsgaard
as Window Washer
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Lynn Redgrave
as Nola Fox
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Stephanie Beacham
as Harriet Fox-Smith
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Richard Briers
as Barry Moore
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Marcia Warren
as Lynette Fox-Moore
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Jack Noseworthy
as Andrew
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Daniel Wyllie
as Pete
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Dan Aykroyd
as Max Beasley
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Jonathan Pryce
as Victor Fox
- Barry Manilow
- Greg Pitts
- Julie Andrews
- Sally Jessy Raphael
