Unicorns

2023

Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 49 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1704 1.7K

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Ben Hardy Photo
Ben Hardy as Luke
Ravin J. Ganatra Photo
Ravin J. Ganatra as Imran
Hannah Onslow Photo
Hannah Onslow as Emma
Sagar Radia Photo
Sagar Radia as Faiz
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1.08 GB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 17
2.21 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 23

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by chong_an 8 / 10

A good love story between very different characters

Luke is a mid-20s white man in London, divorced, with custody of his 5-year-old son, working as a mechanic in his father's garage. One night, he stumbles upon a south Asian nightclub, meets alluring woman Aysha, and they kiss, before he realizes that "she" is a drag queen.Aysha feels an interest in Luke, and also needs a driver to drive her to various gayasian events where she performs. She tracks down Luke, and he agrees to the job because he needs the money. However, this develops into at least a friendship, as they do other things together, like sing karaoke.So here are two people who are divided by race, culture, religion (Aysha's family in Manchester is Moslem), sexual orientation, and gender identity. Can they overcome all these differences, and be each others' unicorns?I saw this at the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the director said he was inspired by an out British Asian drag queen. He noted that South Asian drag was realistic rather than glamorous, and a certain number of the background characters were actual drag queens in their customary attire.
Reviewed by ethanbresnett 8 / 10

An affecting queer love story

Unicorns is a very authentic feeling queer love story that delivers two compelling lead characters with some great performances behind them.The story carries a few surprises but for the most part is quite understated and poignant. What I really like is that it doesn't try to over complicate or explain things about sexuality. It just focuses on the characters and their relationship and it makes the queer element of it feel quite authentic and real.There aren't too many bells or whistles to the film making, and it does feel a bit long for what it is. Those are minor criticisms though of what is an otherwise very poignant and intriguing film.
Reviewed by ExtrovertedIntrovert 8 / 10

Beautiful English-Gaysian gem

Not enough media centres around the gaysian community, so this was very refreshing and juxtaposed against the world of a working class/white "macho" man - Unicorns was really effective. Maybe It could've been *more* effective, but that wasn't a necessity to make a good movie - I was just really intrigued in this clash of cultures that I wanted more.Ben Hardy was brilliant imo. It's quite surprising that beyond X-Men Apocalypse he didn't really fly much higher in Hollywood, though maybe he actually is better suited in these indie-type gems.Jason Patel was beautiful as Aysha/Ashiq. This is the first I've ever seen him, and he was captivating. I always struggle hearing my own local accents on movies (!) so I'll let others judge his acting haha. But I enjoyed his performance.As I'm greedy, I think this would've been perfect as a mini series - but watch it!
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