The Upside of Anger (2005)
Synopsis: “Yes it does. It heals. It just heals funny.”
Kevin Costner and Joan Allen perfectly play these two very imperfect characters. Allen is amazing as Terry Wolfmeyer, a suburban mother of four whose husband up and leaves them all without a word. She goes into self-destruct mode, and Denny Davies (Costner) shows up with a shoulder to cry on and a drink to cry in. Everything in her life is messy and complicated, but the film manages to keep from turning too sappy or too morose. The twist at the end is my case in point. You just never know what life is going to hand you and it's okay to have feelings about that. I loved it so much I watched it twice in one day. It’s rated R, so not for kids, and there’s one sort of graphic scene of comic violence.
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