In "Unconditional," a happy family is torn apart due to the secret life led by the mother, Evelyn Ward. By day, Evelyn is a successful defense attorney. By night, she is visiting the Raven's Den for close encounters with strangers, drugs, disguises, and the equivalent of the "red room" in "Fifty Shades of Grey."
When Evelyn dies of a drug overdose at the Den, she leaves behind a traumatized husband and daughter, Adam and Mary, who seek to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and try to understand the woman they never apparently knew.
The most interesting part of this film is the response of the father and the daughter to shocking revelation about dear Evelyn. In both instances, Adam and Mary get into fights, externalizing their grief and attempting to come to terms with the unknowable.
The film keeps up a semblance of suspense as Adams tries to track down the details of his spouse's "other" life. Overall, it was a preposterous and far-fetched story. It was especially unconvincing that the effects of Evelyn's drug use would not be apparent to her family members.
It was the internal struggle and the push back from the outside world by the insensitive students at Mary's school and the incompetent police that challenged Adam and Mary to resolve their crisis on their own. And they do succeed, demonstrating the indomitable human spirit to survive.
When Evelyn dies of a drug overdose at the Den, she leaves behind a traumatized husband and daughter, Adam and Mary, who seek to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and try to understand the woman they never apparently knew.
The most interesting part of this film is the response of the father and the daughter to shocking revelation about dear Evelyn. In both instances, Adam and Mary get into fights, externalizing their grief and attempting to come to terms with the unknowable.
The film keeps up a semblance of suspense as Adams tries to track down the details of his spouse's "other" life. Overall, it was a preposterous and far-fetched story. It was especially unconvincing that the effects of Evelyn's drug use would not be apparent to her family members.
It was the internal struggle and the push back from the outside world by the insensitive students at Mary's school and the incompetent police that challenged Adam and Mary to resolve their crisis on their own. And they do succeed, demonstrating the indomitable human spirit to survive.