The Upside of Anger (2001)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 170
Fresh: 127 | Rotten: 43
A comedy/ drama for grown-ups, with fine performances by Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 12
A comedy/ drama for grown-ups, with fine performances by Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.
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Two friends wonder if there might be more between them when their lives both take a left turn in this romantic comedy. Terry (Joan Allen) is a middle-aged housewife and mother of four teenaged daughters and gets the shock of her life when her husband, without a word of warning, leaves them behind, presumably to move to Sweden with his secretary. Going through a bender of depression and alcohol, Terry finds herself commiserating with Denny (Kevin Costner), a former baseball star turned
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Joan Allen
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Kevin Costner
Denny Davies -
Erika Christensen
Andy Wolfmeyer -
Evan Rachel Wood
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Keri Russell
Emily Wolfmeyer -
Alicia Witt
Hadley Wolfmeyer -
Mike Binder
Adam 'Shep' Goodman -
Tom Harper
David Jr. -
Dane Christensen
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Daniel Webb
Grey Wolfmeyer -
Magdalena Manville
Darlene -
Suzanne Bertish
Gina -
David Firth
David Sr. -
Roderick P. Woodruff
Dean Reiner -
Stephen Greif
Emily's Doctor -
Arthur Penhallow
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Richard Mylan
Disc Jockey -
Robert Perkins
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William Tapley
Doctor Lewis -
Owen Oakshot
Builder Foreman -
Bella Sabbagh
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Michelle Denholm
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Natalie Domanski
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Sophie Gorrod
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Carolyn Logan
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Alison McWhinney
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Natasha O'Brien
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Stina Quagebeur
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Olivia Ratcliffe
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Laura Suttle
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Nicola Wallis
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Miki Weatherford
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Nao Yamazato
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Gavin Munn
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Nicholas White
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Peter Hajioff
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Chris Banks
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Roger Batting
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l, yet the movie's There's spiky humour and ample breathing room for the material, yet the movie's rather too intent on parading its own wisdom.
Top CriticBinder wrote this movie for Joan Allen, and it is her flinty performance that gives the undertaking what claim it has to success.
The actors tune in to their individual characters perfectly, but this is Allen's show.
Standard-issue.
What's best about Upside is its gonzo-sitcom craziness, a situation that lends itself to enjoyable performances.
No actress has neck muscles like Joan Allen - able to gracefully reach upward or, here, stiffly twist into a double helix of tension and anxiety. It's not simply witty repartee and good chemistry. It's about comfortable situations that can't really last.
Writer/director/actor Mike Binder (writer on HBO's "The Mind Of The Married Man") is to blame for this melodramatic game of Three Card Monte.
Always more than a mere by-numbers domestic drama, The Upside of Anger is desperately, darkly funny, with dialogue to, er, die for, and a perfect cast.
Engaging, brilliantly directed, frequently funny and ultimately moving drama with a terrific script and superb performances from Allen and Costner.
Very watchable.
A grandstanding performance from Joan Allen is the main attraction in this suburban dramacom.
The final twist is misjudged, and it doesn't cohere at any level; but some funny moments.
Hilarious, moving and intoxicating.
Self-pitying and saccharine, this big whining ball of dross drags itself across the screen for two interminable hours, climaxing in a twist ending that comes with neon road signs attached.
Entertaining but flawed look behind suburbia's twitching curtains.
This is well worth investigating.
Showy and door-slamming but very watchable.
A superior suburban chick flick.
While beautifully cast and acted, this focuses on its comic strengths to the detriment of the drama, creating an unbalanced tone and leading to self-conscious attempts at serious observation. A pleasant watch, but nowhere near as profound as it thinks it
Compelling and honest with flashes of dark humour which makes this a meaty comedy drama.
Allen's imperious turn and Costner's affable charm go a long way to ensuring you'll look back on Anger with affection.
Costner shines as the persecuted suitor who tries his best not to mind when being nagged and belittled by his regally shrewish object of desire, up to a point.
Unfortunately, outstanding performances by Allen and Costner aren't given much of a viable dramatic context.
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Its funny, dramatic sad and a powerful drama that really is inspiring as well!
the story is about a wife who comes to believe her husband has betrayed her and left her for his receptionist so she comes so engrossed in her feelings of anger and betrayal that she ignores the fact she has a responsibility as a mother, this story is mainly about finding yourself and becoming a new person and that there is an upside to anger!
A really good movie really wroth a watch Joan Allen is fantastic in this role!
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