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Upside of Anger, The

Joan Allen acts up a storm as Terry, an abandoned wife and mother of four daughters, but thankfully it is of the authentic, rather than Oscar-baiting, variety. Kevin Costner also makes a welcome appearance as a retired baseball player who lives in the neighborhood and becomes Terry’s drinking buddy. The movie tiptoes between tragedy and farce, preferring to hit that specific note of comic melancholy that best captures real life.

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