Movie

An Unexpected Love

2003 · 90 min

A quiet, earnest TV drama about a woman starting over, with gentle emotional stakes and a warm but tense look at family and self-discovery.

Tagline: She's always been someone's mother, wife, and daughter. Today Kate Meyer has decided to be herself.
Overview: An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she develops a mutual attraction to her female boss.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, family, sexuality
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
family
sexuality
coming-of-age
Places: suburbs
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild