The Upside of Anger

release date:March 18, 2005
Tuesday July 26, 2005 (dvd)
genre:Drama
running time:121 min.
director:Mike Binder
studio:Alliance Films
producer(s):Jack Binder, Mike Binder, Mark Damon, Alex Gartner
screenplay:Mike Binder
cast:Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, Erika Christensen, Evan Rachel Wood, Keri Russell, Alicia Witt
Current Tribute rating: Current rating: 3.21    Rate Movie     User Reviews

The Upside of Anger Movie Synopsis

Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen), a sharp-witted suburban wife and mother, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when Terry falls for her neighbor Denny (Kevin Costner), a once-great baseball star turned radio DJ, and her daughters are forced to juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas as well as their own.

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Joan Allen did a magnificent job in this movie. She portrayed (so well) a women that was totally p----- most of the time. She was so believable. Everyone else was great too. What a message!!! Oscar caliber for Joan. What a fox! I know,been there & done that. I have past experience with women like her character. Hey Joan, Many kudos.

i thought it was a good movie...

I thought the movie, in and of itself, was well done. On the other hand, having been a daughter who`s lived through the anger of the jilted mother, and the subsequent alcohol abuse, the movie quite disturbed me.