Unicorns

2024 2h 0m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 18

DramaRomance

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When hard-working single father Luke stumbles across an underground nightclub, he meets Aysha, a beautiful, seductive woman. Their first kiss yields fireworks — which are immediately followed by Luke’s sobering realization that Aysha is not the cisgender woman he thought, but a remarkably femme drag queen. Unable to deny the spark between them the pair are forced down the unexpected path of transformation, where they must question their identities and confront their individual truths.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ben Hardy
Luke
Jason Patel
Aysha / Ashiq
Sagar Radia
Faiz
Michael Karim
Hammad
Nisha Nayar
Shamim
Hannah Onslow
Emma
Kate Lindsey
Charlie
Grant Davis
Gary

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sally El Hosaini
Writers: James Floyd
Languages: English
Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sally El Hosaini, shot by David Raedeker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stuart Earl. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Iain Kitching shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ben Hardy and Jason Patel and Sagar Radia carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt21451014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sally El Hosaini directs. David Raedeker behind the camera. Stuart Earl scores. Iain Kitching cuts. Produced in Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2International production across 4 countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia.
3Directed by Sally El Hosaini, shot by David Raedeker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Stuart Earl. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Iain Kitching shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ben Hardy and Jason Patel and Sagar Radia carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt21451014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Raedeker
Original score: Stuart Earl
Editing: Iain Kitching
Costume design: Nirage Mirage
Makeup / hair: Lisa Mustafa
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Unicorns (2024)

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CinemaSerf2024-06-14
★ 7/10
"Luke" (Ben Hardy) stumbles upon a bar where the largely young and beautiful Asian clientele are enjoying a dazzling performance on stage from "Aysha" (Jason Patel). Despite the fact that he's only just got laid in a field, he's captivated by her and so when she comes to say hello after her routine, he is quite besotted. Thing is - well those Adam's Apples - they are a dead giveaway and "Luke" flees in polite terror, but terror nonetheless. This leaves "Aysha" with a problem, though, as her possessive pal "Faiz" (Sagar Radia) goes off in a strop leaving her without a lift to a lucrative gig in Birmingham. She was also a bit smitten by "Luke" so tracks him down to the garage he works in with his father, and offers him £200 to be her chauffeur. Reluctant, he remembers that he has promised is son "Jamie" (Taylor Sullivan) a trip to Disneyland, and that's not going to pay for itself. The journey isn't really that far, but when a few other drag queens cadge a lift, too - well, let's just say that "Luke" gets a look at a culture he's never experienced before. The plot itself is fairly predictable, not dissimilar to "Femme" from last year, but there's a fun degree of chemistry between Hardy and Patel that maybe a little too simplistically, but still entertainingly, both challenges and reinforces stereotypes. What's eminently clear is that "Ashiq" is an unhappy and unfulfilled man who comes alive when his alter ego takes over, but is there any future at all in a friendship quite so viscerally at odds. It's tightly cast, and works best when it's just the two lead actors engagingly messing about, getting to know and trust each other and, well... who knows? To be fair, it doesn't need a cinema screening but it is an amiable, occasionally bitchy, film and I quite enjoyed it.

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