The Upside of Anger is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Binder and set in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It stars Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood. The opening scene presents Terry and her daughters, with Denny, attending a funeral. About three years earlier, a flashback reveals, Terry had told her daughters that she thought their father, Grey, had left the family to be with his former secretary in Sweden. After sharing the news with neighbor Denny, a retired baseball player turned radio talkshow host and fellow alcoholic, Terry progressively... grows close to the man, with whom she eventually begins an intimate relationship. Keen to help where he can, Denny helps Terry's oldest daughter, Andi to become a production assistant at the radio station where he works, where she meets and starts a relationship with Shep, Denny's producer, a questionable character in his 40s. Meanwhile Popeye, who is attending a private high school, finds herself attracted to a classmate, whose attention she fails to grab even after clearly declaring her interest to him .
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| Release date: | March 11, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Mike Binder |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jack Binder, Sammy Lee, Alex Gartner |
| Editor: | Steve Edwards, Robin Sales |
| Music by: | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography: | Richard Greatrex |
| Screenplay by: | Mike Binder |
| Estimated budget: | $12,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |