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'The Upside of Anger': A bad title for a good movie
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Excellent performances by the incomparable Joan Allen and by Kevin Costner, in the mode of the appealing actor who charmed us so in the '80s. Allen is a well-off housewife with four beautiful daughters whose husband has gone missing — presumably with his Swedish secretary. Costner is a retired baseball star down the street who ambles over looking for a drinking buddy and stays around to become much more. This is a solid, involving movie, as laced with humor as it is with anger. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters juggle romantic dilemmas and family dynamics. A look at what happens when a midlife slump collides with a midlife crisis.

FILM FACTS ...

New Line Productions

The Upside of Anger

Director: Mike Binder
Starring: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen and Keri Russell
Run time: 116 minutes
Release date: March 18, 2005
Rating: PG for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use
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On the web
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
" ... A bad title for a good movie, with excellent performances by the incomparable Joan Allen and by Kevin Costner."

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The Palm Beach Post: B
"Go, because the performances of Joan Allen and even Kevin Costner are not to be missed, but do yourself a favor and get up and leave before the final 10 minutes."

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The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll fall in love with Kevin Costner all over again. And perhaps even forgive him for Waterworld."