The Upside of Anger

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:35pm

Anyone else see this? I thought the performances were awesome.

[Bobby457]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:40pm

I did....great movie....Joan Allen can do no wrong in my books! This is probably the best thing Kevin Costner has done in YEARS!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:45pm

Joan Allen is amazing, and she looks fantastic for her age, I might add.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 4:19pm

Joan Allen was wonderful.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 4:20pm

Terrific acting from Allen and Costner, but the movie itself falls flat.

[Spooky]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 4:35pm

I liked it too. I think Costner plays either a baseball player or a cowboy in every movie he can.
I loved Joan Allen and hope they remember the performance come awards season next year. She looked a little thin though, no?

[zippyjen]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 6:53pm

i saw it yesterday. THe film was rather long i thought but the performances made up for it. I agree that joan allen looks amazing for her age. :)

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 7:12pm

I haven't seen it - but when Joan Allen was being interviewed by Katie Couric last week, Katie was saying that, though the film is being marketed as a comedy, she found it to be very dark and kind of depressing..how do those of you who saw it feel about this? Do you agree that it is not really a comedy - or ???

[zippyjen]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 7:48pm

i would call it a dramedy. :)

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:46pm

Excellent performances by all, especially Miss Allen. But, while it had it's moments, the film was uneven.

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 1:18am

Loved it!

[broadway86]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 1:38am

Maybe Joan Allen will finally get the recognition she deserves.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:05pm

Rented this movie a couple of days ago and really, really loved it. Joan Allen and Kevin Costner are both Oscar-worthy. Mike Binder (the writer and director) was very good as the sleazebag, as were the four beautiful supporting actresses (I don't think Keri Russell has ever been better). The score, costumes, and cinematography were great.

Despite popular belief, I didn't think the ending was a cheat. It really hit hard, because it made me replay everything that had happened to that point.

The funniest part is when Terry walks in on... two certain people in bed. Brilliant!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:07pm

It was a good movie, but I found it much darker than the trailers had lead me to belive.

[BluCat500]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:09pm

And it had a seriously bizarre ending...I must say I didn't see it coming though...

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:09pm

It was certainly dark, but it was also damn funny.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:11pm

Yea, the ending really got you thinking.

I was like, "Wha wha WHAT!?"

Her character must have felt like sh!t.

Updated On: 8/3/05 at 01:11 PM

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:13pm

Definitely. I, for one, wasn't expecting it.

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:20pm

I saw it when it first came out this spring. Loved it.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 2:34pm

you mean when Joan Allen's character is hit by a bus? I saw that coming.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 2:45pm

Chita!

You said NOTHING about spoilers!

[DAME]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 2:48pm

Bad girl

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/3/05 at 3:52pm

Chita-

Why would you give that away without warning? How could you?

As long as you don't spoil the scene where Kevin Costner trips over a DVD box and smashes his jawline, therefore forcing him to quit his job on the radio show, I'm okay.
Updated On: 8/3/05 at 03:52 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 9/13/05 at 10:40pm

Bump. This great film is now out on dvd.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/13/05 at 10:48pm

Liked the acting, but didn't like the movie. I HATED every single one of those people, and couldn't have cared less what happened to any of them.