ANGER MANAGEMENT directed by Peter Segal looks into the life of Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) an executive assistant at a pet clothing company. The mild-mannered but overly passive Dave is in love with his girlfriend Linda (M... more »arisa Tomei) yet his anxious personality keeps him from taking things further both in their relationship and in his career. However Dave's life takes a strange turn when he is wrongly accused of "air rage" on a flight and sentenced to mandatory anger management classes. Eccentric anger guru Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) becomes Dave's therapist but when Buddy abruptly moves in with Dave the doctor-patient relationship takes an unusual turn.An appropriate pairing of actors with oversized personalities ANGER MANAGEMENT allows Nicholson to run amuck while letting Sandler hone the mellower side of his cinematic presence. As Sandler's Dave becomes more bewildered at his predicament Nicholson's Buddy teeters wildly between wise and rambunctious. Meanwhile Tomei (who apparently gets more attractive as she gets older) shines in her role as Dave's beloved. Of course no mainstream Sandler movie would be complete without a number of familiar faces in supporting and cameo roles and ANGER has them by the boatload. John Turturro steals every scene he's in; Luiz Guzman sports some remarkably unfortunate facial hair; Heather Graham shows up as a brownie-hurling blonde bombshell; and John C. Reilly appears as a bully-turned-Buddhist-monk. And to top it all off there are cameos by renowned "angry" sports figures Bobby Knight and John McEnroe as well as the esteemed former mayor of NYC Rudy Giuliani.System Requirements:Running Time 105 Mins.Format: UMD Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396142596 Manufacturer No: 14259« less
Had some funny moments, many crude with lots of actors and actresses that you know.
Jennifer D. (jennicat) from ST AUGUSTINE, FL Reviewed on 3/29/2014...
Funny
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Shirley R. (sdrred) Reviewed on 6/5/2008...
TOOOOOOO funny! you'll have to hold your sides on this one from laughing.
Movie Reviews
Steaming Loaf Award for 2003
James K. Power | North Bergen, NJ USA | 03/18/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I have to say that Anger Management is the worst movie I have seen in some time! My satelite provider had a free "premium movie stations" weekend, so thankfully I lost no money watching this comedy/trauma.Mere words cannot explain this movie. But like a 4 car pile-up, I felt compelled to look on horrified in disbelief.How Adam Sandler could pull together Jack Nicholson, John Turturro, and Marisa Tomei, and make such a steaming pile of cow manure is mind boggling! I can't imagine how much the cast was paid not to walk off such an embarrassingly bad flick.If you want to see the hokiest, most nauseating, unrealistic, sappy-ass ending to a movie ever, just tune in to the last 5 minutes. (Warning: it contains acting performances (sic) by Derek Jeter, Roger Clemens, Rudy Guiliani & the lovely Judith Nathan!)Gonna give it 2 Turds down - WAY down!"
I can't believe some of these reviews!!
Joseph K. Griffith | Cranford, NJ USA | 01/02/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This is possibly the worst movie I've seen in years. There is nothing good about this movie! The story is bad and the acting is even worse. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this dreadful film. I could barely stay in the theatre."
Have to Give This One a Second Try
Paris | AZ United States | 11/11/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The first time that I saw this movie on video, I was disappointed and told my 'Nicholson fan' friends so. Since the ending is a surprise, when I watched it again I saw the whole storyline in a different light. I actually found myself watching it several more times to catch more and more of the layers and details.As annoying as Nicholson was in this movie, one cannot take his character [Buddy Rydel] at face value. When you consider the ending and go back over all his dialogue, you begin to see that he was very up front and truthful about most everything he told Dave (Sandler). I later became convinced of the sincerity of Buddy (Nicholson) in other situations--like provoking Dave with Galaxia. If you watch this movie more than once you put on different lenses and see from a different vantage point.I agree with other reviewers--the first viewing may have you despising Nicholson and giving a thumbs down to the film. I did at first. Now it grew on me to be one of my favorites..One of my favorite characters in this movie was Chuck. I love his wild looks, and many of his lines are my favorites... "no more fudgicles" and "you're not ready" - the Granada stuff, etc. WAs Buddy just being outrageously disgusting and perverse when he flipped off rival "Linda's best friend" ...? - I think not. If you watch the film with a different paradigm, you can see that Buddy was truly doing "his work", and that included not only protecting Dave (Sandler), but having the innate manly ability to discern an enemy to Sandler and "the cause" he's undertaken to help. There are even a couple of times when Nicholson is even impressed with how his student [Sandler] fared during the process...in my opinion when he brought "the girls" to the club (strong move) and also when he dealt with his childhood nemesis who had become a monk. That has to be the funniest scene in the movie!If you have ever known a nice guy with implosive anger, this will really strike a chord. If you have ever sat in a group counseling session (like 12 step), then you will laugh noddingly.Anger Management. At first I didn't like it. Watched it some more, and I'm still seeing new things in it. I really like it a lot.Jack Nicholson - annoying and dopey OR masterful? Nicholson is not going to (at this stage in his career and life) allow himself to be in a dud movie. I say that this one has some layers to mine for gold...Hope you will give it another try!"
Fabulous Film, I loved it!
A. Madan | DC Metro area | 10/19/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I saw this film with a few close friends of mine back in June and we all laughed the entire way through. Sandler and Nicholson are a hit together, and I personally think they should team up again. Go out and get the movie to watch immediately!"
Fun Movie - not great, but fun
ducksquat | 04/17/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
""Anger Management" is a typical Adam Sandler movie. There are some great laughs here and there but I think so much more could have been done with the great cameo appearances that seemed almost too gratuitous - meaning, they tried too hard at times. To me, if you will have the cameos, do more with them - don't just stick 'em in as filler material.Jack Nicholson does an admirable job portraying a psychotic psychologist. I do like that the end of the movie has a nice/fun twist - it made the movie tolerable.Again, I laughed here and there but I've laughed harder. I don't regret the experience but I doubt I'll add it to my DVD collection."