The Upside of Anger (2005)
Gone are the Dances With Wolves days when Kevin Costner plays a man’s man. Now, he’s stuck in EWF roles: Every Woman’s Fantasy. Which has an “upside”. Pun intended.
In The Upside of Anger, Joan Allen’s husband takes up with a younger woman, leaving her to take care of their four teenage daughters. There’s no way to inject any more estrogen into this movie than there already is. Enter Kevin Costner. Because in a man-hating, man-bashing world, there’s only one man who can step up to the feminine plate and win Joan’s heart.
If you’re a man-hating man-basher who secretly really just wants a man to step into your life and fix your heart, you’ll absolutely love this movie. I actually like men, so when I see them criticized, stereotyped, and set in a lower species than women, I cringe a little. I didn’t like this movie, even though Costner’s as cute and charming as he always is.
To me, it’s just not realistic that an athletic, intelligent, door-breaking, hormone-charged, handsome, funny, charming, well-adjusted man would be hopelessly single and would willingly step into an embittered, riddled-with-problems woman’s life and genuinely care for her four daughters. But if you liked Costner’s other EWF movies, like Message in a Bottle and The Bodyguard, add this one to your collection!
More Kevin Costner movies here!
In The Upside of Anger, Joan Allen’s husband takes up with a younger woman, leaving her to take care of their four teenage daughters. There’s no way to inject any more estrogen into this movie than there already is. Enter Kevin Costner. Because in a man-hating, man-bashing world, there’s only one man who can step up to the feminine plate and win Joan’s heart.
If you’re a man-hating man-basher who secretly really just wants a man to step into your life and fix your heart, you’ll absolutely love this movie. I actually like men, so when I see them criticized, stereotyped, and set in a lower species than women, I cringe a little. I didn’t like this movie, even though Costner’s as cute and charming as he always is.
To me, it’s just not realistic that an athletic, intelligent, door-breaking, hormone-charged, handsome, funny, charming, well-adjusted man would be hopelessly single and would willingly step into an embittered, riddled-with-problems woman’s life and genuinely care for her four daughters. But if you liked Costner’s other EWF movies, like Message in a Bottle and The Bodyguard, add this one to your collection!
More Kevin Costner movies here!