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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: New Line Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 9860
Released: June 1, 2004 |
| Our Price: $2.92 |
| Used Price: $1.47 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
It's never too late to start living! Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett and Dan Aykroyd star in this hilarious comedy about a woman who learns to live life to the fullest after her husband leaves her and her favorite crooner is murdered.
Description of Unconditional Love:
Despite the success of My Best Friend's Wedding, Aussie director P.J. Hogan certainly hasn't gone Hollywood. Unconditional Love, co-written with his wife and fellow filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse, is a deeply eccentric concoction that ranges from campy comedy to murder mystery. If the whole thing doesn't really come off, it does have much that is funny, giddy, or simply weirder than all-get-out. Kathy Bates enjoys herself as a discarded wife who impulsively flies to England to attend the funeral of her idol, a beloved singer--Jonathan Pryce, in glorious sequined form. Meeting his "valet" (read: secret gay lover), Rupert Everett, she determines to find the dead man's murderer. It's hard to get the tone right on this kind of movie, but it's also easy to like a film that finds time for tributes to Barry Manilow (hey, Hogan rehabilitated ABBA in Muriel's Wedding) and the reassuring spirit of Julie Andrews. --Robert Horton
Unconditional Love Reviews:
DELIGHTFUL 
2009-11-20 - This is a delightful comedy with a good cast, great music.
very enjoyable. Cameo appearances of Julie Andrews, Barry Manilow were great.
This is a GREAT movie! Lots of laughs! 
2009-10-18 - Excellent movie, excellent service from the Amazon provider! Awesome price, what more can one ask for?
"A LIfe Lived In Fear Isn't Much Fun"
2009-07-15 - Chicago housewife Kathy Bates has an obsessive crush on recording heartthrob Victor Fox (Jonathan Pryce). When he is murdered before she can meet him, she decides to attend his funeral in England, where she lands in the middle of a battle for his reputation: on one side his sister (Lynn Redgrave), on the other his gay lover (Rupert Everett). Wild chases, wacky comedy, and sentimental soul-searching ensue. Barry Manilow and Julie Andrews show up as themselves, while Dan Ayckroyd, Peter Sarsgard, and Jack Noseworthy wind up chasing them all. It's a very cute movie that will make you feel good. Beware the dwarf in the red raincoat.
Funny and well worth it!
2008-11-13 - Kathy Bates is totally wonderful in this movie. And the characters that surround her make this a great movie. If you ever need a movie to lift your spirits, this a great one for that.
What a neat find!
2008-06-18 - Found this through Netflix and loved it, so I just had to own it. The cast is sterling! It's a unique blend of musical, mystery, comedy, and several other genres, and it's just twisted enough that it works! Don't expect a traditional narrative, but open you mind and enjoy this unique and wonderful film!
