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The Upside of Anger (2005)
The Wife is an Idiot
SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE.
I can't understand anyone loving this movie. I can't understand the high rating it received.
Her husband is gone, and the wife assumed he left her without saying a word. What about his car, or his usual means to get to work? What about his office? What about him not packing a suitcase, or taking a thing? She should have called the police to report his disappearance, in case he was somewhere injured -- which he was! Even if he wanted to hurt his wife in the worse way, there was no indication that he wanted to hurt his daughters that way.
I hope the wife threw up because she realized what an idiot she'd been to assume he'd left her. I hope she's haunted by the idea that he might not have died instantly, that if she had called the police, and if they had investigated, he might have been found sooner, perhaps even alive. Even if he hadn't lived, maybe he could have said goodbye to his daughters.
If I were the DA, I'd charge that idiot wife with something!
The Clonus Horror (1979)
"Did IQ's just drop sharply while I was away?"
For those of you who have a few kind words for this film, I suspect you didn't see it when it was released as "Parts: The Clonus Horror."
It was a dreadfully boring movie. It missed the mark in at least three ways. It wasn't good enough to be scary; it wasn't bad enough to be funny (although MST3K took care of that); and, even in 1979, the plot was unoriginal.
Earlier contenders are "The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler" (1971). It's the same idea (clones as spare parts). The movie is entertaining, and it had a fine cast. Another is "Sleeper" (1973). Yes, the Woody Allen movie. Remember the flattened nose? And "Clones" (1973). The last two plots aren't as similar to Clonus as the first one, but they predate Clonus.
They are also several fiction books from decades earlier that deal with the idea, although often, the word "clone" isn't used.