Unconditional
Unconditional
PG-13 | 21 September 2012 (USA)
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Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and her will to live. But a death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend. As Sam watches “Papa” Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter life’s circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.

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brandonlandscaping

This movie was filled with hope, joy, and redemption. It showed how one tragedy can save another tragedy from taking place. Samantha is devastated by her husband's death and wants to end her life, Macon and Keisha are stealing because they are poor, and Joe has an issue with his kidneys because he was stabbed in prison. Everything seems to be falling apart. Keisha getting hit by a car saved Samantha from taking her life, Joe took care of orphans, Macon had trouble with grades because the kids he was hanging out with said it wasn't cool to succeed in life, Samantha thinks Anthony is her husband's killer. And Keisha didn't speak, and Macon and Keisha's mother Denise is an alcoholic and is not a very good role model to her kids. I liked how one tragedy saved another tragedy from taking place. Keisha was hit by a hit and run driver which stopped Samantha from ending her life because she went to help. I liked that God was brought into the movie. Denise would have never stopped drinking if God wasn't in her life. I didn't like how cheesy some of the parts were. I would have also changed some of the background music. When the background music is cheesy it makes the whole scene look cheesy. When Joe was rushed to the hospital because of his kidneys the music made it seem as if he had died. Parts like that created confusion for me. The characters in this movie, for the most part, did a good job. Some characters were a bit cheesy but they did better than I would. Samantha's mic showed during one part so I think they could have done a better job with that. It didn't make sense that Anthony was mean to Macon since he wasn't the murderer it made no sense. I think this movie is for a younger audience. This movie would help pre-teens or younger teens who are going through tough times..

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y-21639

The film was eye catching, stunning. The film unconditional is about a young woman named Sam who had lost her husband. On her hunt to find his killer, Sam runs into an old friend and takes this amazing journey. Sam has just saved this little girls life after a car hit the little girl. When the car hit the girl Sam had reclaimed her flame with and old friend Joe had hit the girl. I love the portrayal of the music in the movie it fit very well with the setting and the time of the movie. I also love the way they share the love throughout the movie with everybody even the ones that had hurt them. I disliked the way the portrayed some of the characters as bad when they truly are not. I was also not a big fan of how they make the kids feel bad and sad of themselves. I liked most of the characters Joe and Sam where played very well by Lynn Collins and Michael Ealy. The effects of the movie were phenomenal they really made you feel emotions. I really love this movie. I do recommend if you love heart felt happy tears. You will cry tears of joy and sadness it is a great movie.

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agelessskulls

At the beginning Sam, the main character, was about to shot herself in the ally that her husband was murdered in. she hears a car crash and find a little girl hit by a car. This leads to her finding her long lost childhood friend. We find out that he runs a foster home program and helps support kids from troubled homes. He has bad kidneys that almost kill him towards the end of the movie.This movie has many good and bad cinematographic aspects. It is overdone and cliché a lot of the time. The music score is muddy at times with misleading and wrongfully placed songs. I'm giving this movie a 8/10 stars because of the music and slight cliché moments, it had good acting and the child actors were great for being child actors.

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natalieisabellaaa

A beautiful true story was portrayed wonderfully in this film. Lessons on friendship, forgiveness, trust, hope, and so many more things were shown. It definitely made my eyes pool in both happiness and heartache. The movie showed how many kids in less fortunate areas are actually in need of some type of safe haven away from their home. Sam helping the children did as much help for them as it did her, it gave her a sense of reality and hope There were moments in the movie that particularly made you feel more and sympathize with the characters. There wasn't just one issue, everyone had to overcome something. The change in setting from the projects to an open and bright farm reflects how the characters changed in the same way. I like that Joe's house on the outside looked broken down but the inside was full of life and potential, much like the characters. The story was of course a beautiful one since it's based off a true story and they did well conveying it accurately but there were things that could have been improved on. The parts that made you sympathize with the characters were a bit dramatic and "Hollywood". The tracks throughout the entire movie were extremely cheesy and really made it hard to focus on the real story. The settings and scenery as well were beautiful but a bit unrealistic. For example, there's a scene where Sam opens a set of doors and she walks into the rain with wide stretched arms. That along with the cheesy music they played at the same time made the scene a little cringe-worthy. An applause to all the actors who played these phenomenal characters, they did an overall great job. Kwesi Boakye (Macon), Gabriella Phillips (Keisha), Tarren Mason (young Joe), and Emily Rollins(young Sam) all did a unbelievable job considering they were so young. I like that they showed scenes with young Sam and Joe, the characters really demonstrated the bond of best friends well. Michael Ealy (joe Bradford) and Lynn Collins (Samantha Crawford) did an incredible job in demonstrating love between two best friends. Lynn Collins (Sam) sometimes put a bit too much into a few scenes and made it a bit too dramatic, which is a bit off-putting. Overall the film did an impressive job in narrating the real story. The movie is filled with underlying themes of friendship, hope, and so much more. I would give it an 8.5 out of 10.

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