connerodinarthur Unconditional is a dramatic film based on a true story revolving around the struggle of the main character Sam (Lynn Collins), and her struggle with life after her husband Billy (Diego Klattenhoff) was murdered and robbed in an alley. Sam struggled to fight back her inner demons and attempted to commit suicide when all of the sudden she heard a scream coming from a nearby street. After approaching the street, Sam sees a little girl named Keisha (Gabriella Phillips) struck by a car while her brother Macon (Kwesi Boakye) was screaming in fear that she might not be alive. Sam rushes to the hospital with the little girl and she survived with minor injuries. It was later found out that Keisha and Macon were roaming the streets late at night to steal food due to their extreme hunger. While at the hospital, Sam is re-united with her childhood best friend Joe. I personally love the scene where they re-united and the audience could see the surprise in the actor's eyes. Joe tells Sam they should hangout and catch up sometime soon. A few days later, Sam goes to visit Joe where she discovers he helps mentor kids in the hood to prevent them from making mistakes in life. The kids grew on Sam and she finally found hope in life. The kids were invited to Sam's farm to meet her horse, dance, eat and stay the night. Alike to Sam, Joe had a dark past. Joe was in prison for 8 years due to hacking into a bank. While in prison, Joe was stabbed with a shank. Ever since being stabbed, Joe needs a daily kidney dialysis. While at the barn, Joe collapsed in his guest room due to his kidneys failing and was immediately rushed to the hospital. The doctors stated that Joe may not survive because his body may reject the kidney transplant. There was also a possibility that Joe could die before the kidney arrives. Sam had lost her husband and she feared the worst that she could lose her best friend. Sam became full of rage and anger over her life so she went after the man who she had though killed her husband wanting revenge. Some positive things I thought about this film would be the setting. I love how the setting transitions from the worst parts of the hood to a beautiful farm and I love how it shows the reaction of the children when they get to experience nature like they never have before. I also loved the story and found it inspiring on so many levels that Sam went through the death of her husband and managed to cope with it and make herself happy. I enjoyed that the actors went from having nothing to being extremely happy. Sam was on the brink of death with depression but she found hope in life. The kids Macon and Keisha didn't have someone to look up to except for Joe but they found Sam. Everyone in the film went from a low point in their life to having a family. There are also some negative things about the film. The transition into flashbacks when Sam would think back to when her husband had been alive tended to be hard to indicate. I would be watching a scene not knowing it was even a flashback and confused on why she was talking to her husband when he had passed away. Another negative side of the film would be the mood. I feel as if the movie was sad until the ending. The movie starts off with Sam's husband dying and her trying to commit suicide then transitions into Keisha getting hit by a car and lastly transitions to Joe on his dialysis machine. Throughout the movie all the actors did was face struggles and there's a lack of happiness and hope. I loved the characters and how they fit into the movie. I was always on the edge of my seat when a character's secrets or past would get revealed. I was very surprised when I had seen that Joe had to go to prison for 8 years but he still manages to be such a positive guy. It was also nice to see that after Keisha went through her mom's death, she began to talk again after going to the farm. I enjoyed the way the actors portrayed the characters as well. Kwesi Boakye did a great job at playing Macon and acting like a bad kid and bad sibling when in reality he was a nice kid. Lynn Collins in my opinion looked like the original person the true story is based off of so she was the perfect match for the role. In my opinion I thought this was a unique movie. If it wasn't based on a true story, I'd think it was an average film that was decent but the fact that this movie is based on a true story makes it breathtaking. I enjoyed the setting and characters more than most movies I watch. If I could rate Unconditional out of 10 I'd give it a 7.5/10.

u-40945 The movie Unconditional is about a guy and girl who were childhood friends. They were reunited after many years and many hardships. Sam, the main character, is getting over her husband's death while at the same time searching for his killer. Some really good aspects of the movie were how Sam and Joe were always there for each other. They are both good people for their roles. I really liked the child actors and actresses, they were very good for the age and added lots of emotional and touching aspects to the movie. One thing I didn't like about the movie was most scenes seemed very staged, though it's a movie, it should seem more realistic. Other than that, all I have to complain about is the poor choice of music. I feel none of the music went with the movie at all. In conclusion, I'd give this movie a 4 out of 5 stars due to very many good scenes and actors but the lack of good small details takes away a star.

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.

w-97527 Samantha Crawford, a wrecked widow finds a new reason to live when she saves a child that got hit by a truck. She soon finds out that the child she saved is cared for by Sam's child hood friend Joe Bradford. In fact, he cares for many children in his neighborhood. This lets Sam find a purpose in her life; but clues about her husband's killer surface will she risk her new life for answers? This is basically the only good thing in the movie, the over arching story. It's a true story about redemption and faith. Its wholesome and clean, but children might be the only people not able to notice the terrible visual effects and overall cheesy presentation and acting. The movie does have some good actors. Many overshadow the others. The main stand outs are Michael Ealy as "Papa Joe" Bradford, Gabriella Phillips as Keisha, Kwesi Boakye as Macon and, Cedric Pendleton as Anthony. Like I said earlier the plot is basically the only thing that saves this movie. It has a good message that anyone can learn from. It has subtle Christian themes so if you're okay with that then it's a bearable Christian movie. Where do I start with the complaints? Maybe the terrible flashback, or the unrealistic depiction of the decisions the real people have made. Let go with the later. There are scenes in this movie that seem so unrealistic that its laughable. If you didn't know that this movie is nonfiction, then you would say this movie is very unbelievable. It comes down with the setup for those designs and the presentation of them. Another negative I have with this movie is the Cheesy/Cliché sense in this movie. If you imagine a cliché country romance scene, then you pictured a whole connection between two characters. The Cheesy music accompanied by the scenes don't help ether. Some of characters are mostly likable. Over time they become less annoying. They grow on you and they become more believable. The thing you have to remember is that I said some of them. All the others either don't contribute to the story at all or are there to waste time and confuse the audience. There are plot lines in this movie that half way into the movie they forget about and fill it in with something else. I get that they have to stay true with the real people's lives but don't build something up and then forget about it. Over all this movie was hard to watch. That basically describes this movie. I would not recommend this movie at all. It not really worth your time and there are better movies out there. If I were to score this movie out of 10 I would give it a 3.