Review: "The Upside Of Anger"

I checked out the new romantic comedy for adults this weekend. "The Upside Of Anger" (R) stars Joan Allen as a woman who is abandoned by her husband. Kevin Costner steps in and makes her feel uncomfortable and wanted at the same time. Allen's daughters, played by Erika Christensen, Alicia Witt, Keri Russell, and Evan Rachel Wood, are all along for the ride. I liked this movie for the first half hour or so. It was downhill from there. The key problem with the flick is that each character does something so repulsive, you end up hating them. Costner is the most redeeming of the bunch, but the woman are all hateful. It is a decent movie with decent acting and an alright screenplay, but I cannot reccomend it. If it were up to me, Allen would never act in a movie ever again. She adds nothing and takes away everything.