'Unconditional Love' (2001) – P.J. Hogan.

Produced by lauded comedy impresarios David & Jerry Zucker, amusingly shot by talented director P.J. Hogan, I found it a singular business that it took until now to discover this enjoyably camp, blissfully quirky, heart-swellingly sweet, engagingly acted comedy gem! Tall, garishly handsome Rupert Everett and the hugely personable Kathy Bates make for a splendidly sympathetic pair of mismatched comedically combative movie misfits, and their saltier exchanges being a real treat! The no less lively supporting cast proved no less sublime, with wonderfully nuanced work from theatre/film and TV legends Richard Briers, Lynn Redgrave, Dan Aykroyd, Jonathan Price, Julie Andrews, and a glitzy, memorably chintzy cameo from wizened songbird Barry Manilow, all that and a sardonic, pretty dwarf in a spiffy red raincoat! Not only is 'Unconditional Love' sweetly romantic and uncommonly charming it is enlivened with a witty, frequently flint-edged text and a few scintillatingly skewed left-turns that arguably makes it one of the very few warmly fuzzy films that can legitimately be called a feel-good screwball comedy! And, the deliciously effervescent icon Julie Andrews was on mellifluous, crowd pleasing form! And how can you not dig a film that includes the fabulous line 'Nobody messes with a dwarf in a raincoat!' especially when delivered with acidic aplomb by the scurrilously scene stealing Meredith Eaton, her diminutive stature doing very little to mute her charismatic, larger-than-life presence!