Film

The Upside of Anger 2005

Directed by Mike Binder

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 118 min
  • R

Rotten Tomatoes75%Metacritic63

Sometimes what tears us apart helps us put it back together.

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.

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Classical in form, contemporary, spare and earnest.

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  • sparerichly built
  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic

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