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A comedy/ drama for grown-ups, with fine performances by Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.
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Very watchable. May 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
Very watchable.
Derek Malcolm
Showy and door-slamming but very watchable. May 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Showy and door-slamming but very watchable.
Peter Bradshaw
A superior suburban chick flick. May 4, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A superior suburban chick flick.
James Christopher
Allen's imperious turn and Costner's affable charm go a long way to ensuring you'll look back on Anger with affection. May 1, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Allen's imperious turn and Costner's affable charm go a long way to ensuring you'll look back on Anger with affection.
Neil Smith
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. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
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.
Trevor Johnston
Binder wrote this movie for Joan Allen, and it is her flinty performance that gives the undertaking what claim it has to success. Sep 15, 2005 | Full Review…
Binder wrote this movie for Joan Allen, and it is her flinty performance that gives the undertaking what claim it has to success.
Jonathan F. Richards
The Upside of Anger is truly something special. Feb 6, 2018 | Full Review…
The Upside of Anger is truly something special.
Megan Basham
A late twist renders all this sturm und drang a tad redundant, but until then anger keeps it alive. Aug 24, 2017 | Full Review…
A late twist renders all this sturm und drang a tad redundant, but until then anger keeps it alive.
Dorothy Woodend
Upside is better-than-average as a mid-budget suburban film dramedy but positively gangbusters if you imagine it as a two-hour television pilot. Aug 6, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Upside is better-than-average as a mid-budget suburban film dramedy but positively gangbusters if you imagine it as a two-hour television pilot.
Nick Davis
The screwiness feels patterned and arbitrary. There's little Upside here. May 15, 2012 | Full Review…
The screwiness feels patterned and arbitrary. There's little Upside here.
Brent Simon
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. Nov 22, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Nick Rogers
Binder's writing is matched by the top-notch talents on display here. Apr 29, 2009 | Full Review…
Binder's writing is matched by the top-notch talents on display here.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
I really quite liked ths movie, it was a beautiful storyline and brilliantly acted as well! 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!
Super Reviewer
Whoa, SO not what I was expecting but surprisingly funny and touching at the strangest parts! Joan Allen is certainly a marvel, and the rest of the female supporting cast is pretty wonderful too. The ending was...very cathartic.
Joan Allen is rock-awesome and ending is totally boss...BUT everything preceding it kinda sucked ass. Script is full of what Binder thought was clever at the time but really isn't in practice. The daughters have one identifying trait each and nothing beyond that. Also, the three eldest all look the same age. Keri Russell is delightful but casting-wise, she should have been the eldest. The only well-written character is Terry but even then, I saw no trace of "the nicest person" Popeye spoke of. She had to have the potential to become mad and drunk. And since I haven't seen "Thirteen" yet, I'm still not convinced ERW is that great of an actress.
Lovely film!
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