Unconditional Love

Director: P.J. Hogan, Jocelyn Moorhouse P.J. Hogan

Overview

P.J. Hogan's 2002 made-for-cable comedy Unconditional Love comes to DVD from New Line Cinema with a widescreen transfer. The English-language soundtrack is offered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo. Closed captions and English subtitles are available. The only special features are deleted scenes and a trailer. This is a pretty good DVD release for a film that has only ever appeared on the Starz! network.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/07/2003
UPC:	0794043631627
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	New Line Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:02:00

Special Features

Closed Caption; Widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film; Deleted scene; 5.1 surround sound; Stereo surround sound; Trailer; DVD-ROM enabled

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kathy Bates	Grace Beasley
Rupert Everett	Dirk Simpson
Dan Aykroyd	Max Beasley
Jonathan Pryce	Victor Fox
Julie Andrews	Herself
Barry Manilow	Himself
Sally Jessy Raphael	Herself
Lynn Redgrave	Nola
Meredith Eaton	Maudey
Jack Noseworthy	Andrew
Peter Sarsgaard	Window Washer
Stephanie Beacham	Harriet Fox-Smith
Richard Briers	Barry Moore
Marcia Warren	Linette Fox-Moore
Dan Wyllie	Pete,Pete
Mark Finney	Executive
Greg Pitts	Officer Hogan
Eyal Podell	Officer Whitcher
James Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

P.J. Hogan

Jocelyn Moorhouse

P.J. Hogan	Director,Screenwriter
Jocelyn Moorhouse	Screenwriter,Director,Producer
Kerry Barden	Casting
Michael DeLuca	Executive Producer
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Gil Netter	Executive Producer
Suzanne Smith	Casting
Patricia Whitcher	Producer
Brian Witten	Executive Producer
Jerry Zucker	Producer
Hank Garfield	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 -- Widescreen
1. Main Titles [3:11]
2. "You Were the Problem" [5:52]
3. Rudeness and Fear [3:07]
4. "If You Knew Me" [4:37]
5. Looking for a Sign [3:15]
6. A Ticket to Murder [3:42]
7. Victor's Last Words [5:22]
8. Getting to Know Julie [2:17]
9. The Valet's Poem [4:16]
10. Dirk's "Mom" [5:32]
11. A Normal, Healthy Family [6:50]
12. Long-Distance Legal Advice [2:40]
13. The Unwelcome Elf [4:54]
14. Chicken Wing and Olive Branch [2:49]
15. Funny, Unfaithful Bastard [5:15]
16. Singing All the Way to the Pub [2:44]
17. Back to Life [6:10]
18. A Funeral Fit for a Queen [4:27]
19. Big Ben and a Small Gun [4:43]
20. The Kissing Vigilantes [3:53]
21. Torn Between Two Men [5:17]
22. Similar but Different [4:20]
23. Music in the Underground [3:53]
24. Loneliness of the Crossbow Killer [5:32]
25. A Bridgehanger of an Ending [4:12]
26. And for Our Surprise Celebrity... [9:23]
27. End Credits [5:06]
Side #2 -- Fullscreen
1. Main Titles [3:11]
2. "You Were the Problem" [5:52]
3. Rudeness and Fear [3:07]
4. "If You Knew Me" [4:37]
5. Looking for a Sign [3:15]
6. A Ticket to Murder [3:42]
7. Victor's Last Words [5:22]
8. Getting to Know Julie [2:17]
9. The Valet's Poem [4:16]
10. Dirk's "Mom" [5:32]
11. A Normal, Healthy Family [6:50]
12. Long-Distance Legal Advice [2:40]
13. The Unwelcome Elf [4:53]
14. Chicken Wing and Olive Branch [2:49]
15. Funny, Unfaithful Bastard [5:15]
16. Singing All the Way to the Pub [2:44]
17. Back to Life [6:10]
18. A Funeral Fit for a Queen [4:27]
19. Big Ben and a Small Gun [4:43]
20. The Kissing Vigilantes [3:53]
21. Torn Between Two Men [5:17]
22. Similar but Different [4:20]
23. Music in the Underground [3:53]
24. Loneliness of the Crossbow Killer [5:32]
25. A Bridgehanger of an Ending [4:12]
26. And for Our Surprise Celebrity... [9:23]
27. End Credits [5:06]

Menu

Side #1 -- Widescreen
   Play Movie
   Set Up Options
      Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
      Stereo Surround Sound
      English Subtitles: On
      English Subtitles: Off
   Select a Scene
   Special Features
      Deleted Scene
      Trailer
   DVD-ROM/Online Features
Side #2 -- Fullscreen
   Play Movie
   Set Up Options
      Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
      Stereo Surround Sound
      English Subtitles: On
      English Subtitles: Off
   Select a Scene
   Special Features
      Deleted Scene
      Trailer
   DVD-ROM/Online Features

Editorial Reviews

Although its sentimentality, serious life lessons, and campy humor sometimes coexist less than peacefully, this modest outing from Muriel's Wedding director P.J. Hogan goes down easily thanks to the low-key performances of Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett. Bates, as jilted homemaker Grace Beasley, and Everett, as the secret gay lover of Barry Manilow-esque crooner Victor Fox, never oversell the feather-light material or take themselves too seriously. Even during the film's thoughtful moments, their performances are assuredly low-key. That leaves the broad comedy in the hands of supporting players Meredith Eaton (as a wonderfully profane daughter-in-law who just happens to be a little person) and Lynn Redgrave (as Fox's grasping, hypocritical sister). Peter Sarsgaard plays a window washer with the soul of a poet and a terrible secret, but he's far more convincing in his enigmatic early scenes than he is during the exaggerated denouement. Dan Aykroyd, as Grace's estranged husband, plays it surprisingly straight, but Jonathan Pryce gets to have fun as the retro pop singer whose death sets the plot in motion. If the script had been a little more over the top and a tad less concerned with Oprah-style epiphanies, Unconditional Love might not have gone straight to cable in the United States. As is, instead of a big-screen misfire, it's a pleasant small-screen trifle.

All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard