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Original title: Upside of Anger, The
Release Date
• USA: Mar 11, 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 26, 2005
Budget $12,000,000
BoxOffice: $18.7M
Official Website:
The Upside of Anger Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use.
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country USA, Germany, UK
Production Companies
Media 8 Entertainment, VIP 3 Medienfonds, MDP Filmproduktion, Sunlight Productions, VIP 2 Medienfonds
Studio New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• The Upside of Anger (2005)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Tagline: Sometimes what tears us apart helps us put it back together
Plot: Sharp-witted Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) is a suburban wife and mother whose life takes an unusual turn when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Struggling to deal with his sudden absence, Terry finds herself increasingly at odds with her four headstrong daughters (Christensen, Wood, Russell and Witt) and regularly drowning her anger in alcohol, until she develops an offbeat relationship with her next-door neighbor, Denny (Costner). A once-great baseball star turned radio DJ, Denny becomes a drinking buddy for Terry and slowly evolves into her source of strength, as well as an ad-hoc father to her daughters. But things get complicated as Terry’s daughters grow accustomed to having Denny around while attempting to juggle not only their mother’s romantic dilemmas, but their
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It's more that Mr. Costner somehow comes most alive as an actor when he can loosen up enough to mix pride and disappointment, charm and sleaze.--A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
The Upside of Anger is a pleasant diversion sandwiched between the ugly releases of winter and the higher profile blockbusters of mid-spring.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Ms. Wood does her best with the material, as do Allen and Costner. It takes more than good acting to make a good movie, though. Good writing helps, and there's not enough of that here.  --David Sterritt
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| Directed by |
Mike Binder
Indian Summer, Crossing the Bridge, American Gothic |
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Mike Binder
Coupe de Ville, The Contender, Indian Summer |
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Joan Allen
Face/Off, The Bourne Supremacy, Pleasantville |
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Mission: Impossible III, We Were Soldiers, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid |
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