The Upside of Anger (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Mike Binder

Guionista (WGA):

Mike Binder (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 abril 2005 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Comedia | Romance

Frase comercial:

Sometimes what tears us apart helps us put it back together

Plot:

When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas and family dynamics.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Sister Sister Relationship | Bathroom | Mother Daughter Relationship | Dinner

Premios:

5 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Upside of Kevin Costner

Reparto

Joan Allen	...	Terry Ann Wolfmeyer
Kevin Costner	...	Denny Davies
Erika Christensen	...	Andy Wolfmeyer
Keri Russell	...	Emily Wolfmeyer
Alicia Witt	...	Hadley Wolfmeyer
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Lavender 'Popeye' Wolfmeyer
Mike Binder	...	Adam 'Shep' Goodman
Tom Harper	...	David Junior
Dane Christensen	...	Gorden Reiner
Danny Webb	...	Grey Wolfmeyer
Magdalena Manville	...	Darlene
Suzanne Bertish	...	Gina
David Firth	...	David Senior
Rod Woodruff	...	Dean Reiner (as Roderick P. Woodruff)
Stephen Greif	...	Emily's Doctor

También conocida como:

An deiner Schulter (Alemania)
Enredos de amor (Argentina) [es]
Enredos del corazón (Argentina) [es]
Más allá del odio (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use.

Duración:

USA:118 min

País:

USA | Alemania | UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Sweden:7 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | France:U | Belgium:KT | Argentina:13 | Ireland:15A | Iceland:12 | UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | USA:R | Germany:12 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Compañía:

Media 8 Entertainment

Trivialidades:

The poster shown when Terry is cleaning Denny's house is a picture of Kevin Costner as Detroit Tiger Billy Chapel from For Love of the Game (1999).

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: When the family limo at the beginning and end of the movie is returning from the funeral, the opposing car is seen driving away from the camera on the right side of the road instead of on the left side, which would have never happened in Michigan.

Citas:

Lavender "Popeye" Wolfmeyer: Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mold you and shape you into something you're not. The only upside to anger, then...

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones The Screaming Skull (1958)

Banda de Sonido:

If I Fall in Love with You

The Upside of Kevin Costner

Among the many pleasures that "The Upside of Anger" offers, Joan Allen and Kevin Costner's performances are very much at the center of it. We are used by now at Joan Allen's marvelous gallery of characters. Here, she reaches very high, creating a character that moves through highs and lows with overwhelming power. It is a performance so entertaining, apart from everything else, that you are really compelled to go wherever she wants to take you. Kevin Costner, however, is the biggest surprise. I'm even tempted to call it a revelation. He carries the soul of the character in his sleeve with disarming charm and humanity, not a single false note. I believed him, I loved him, I want to see him again. Mike Binder, the gifted writer director of this film, unfortunately, outstretches himself a little bit. He gives too much room to his character and instead of allowing it to grow with the famous less is more formula, he concedes himself a couple of extra long and repetitive scenes that slow down the proceedings in a rather dangerous way. If I had been the producer I would have fought like crazy to eliminate the supermarket scene. But I'm not going to dwell on it. The film is a triumph for the two leads. Thank you Joan Allen and well done Kevin Costner. I'll see you again at Oscar time.