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Anger Management (2003)
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Reviews Counted:187
Fresh:80
Rotten:107
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: There are funny moments in this one-joke movie. Unfortunately, there are not enough of them.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] on appeal for crude sexual content and language
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $133,756,285
Synopsis: In Revolution Studios’ riotous new comedy Anger Management, Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson star as patient and therapist, though at times it’s hard to tell which one is which. After a... In Revolution Studios’ riotous new comedy Anger Management, Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson star as patient and therapist, though at times it’s hard to tell which one is which. After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is ordered by Judge Daniels (Lynne Thigpen) to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson), which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddy’s unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Dave’s girlfriend Linda (Marisa Tomei) and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddy’s confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered? Anger Management is scheduled for release nationwide April 11, 2003. Revolution Studios Presents A Happy Madison Production Anger Management, a Columbia Pictures release starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. The co-stars are Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzman and Lynne Thigpen, with Woody Harrelson and John Turturro. The director is Peter Segal. The film is written by David Dorfman. The producers are Jack Giarraputo and Barry Bernardi. The executive producers are Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Tim Herlihy, Todd Garner and John Jacobs. The director of photography is Donald M. McAlpine, ACS, ASC. The editor is Jeff Gourson. The production designer is Alan Au. The music supervision is by Michael Dilbeck. The music is by Teddy Castellucci. The costumes are by Ellen Lutter. Anger Management is rated PG-13 for crude sexual content and language. [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, Lynne Thigpen, Krista Allen, January Jones, Jonathan Loughran, Kurt Fuller, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Woody Harrelson, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Peter Segal
Director: Peter Segal
Screenwriter: David Dorfman
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for Anger Management
Full-blown 'Jack'--his face a spectacular special effect of full-blown energy--remains an irresistible act. [Blu-Ray]
Unless you're 15 at heart, you may need anger management yourself after sitting through this aggressively crass comedy, which alternates between mean-spirited slapstick and arbitrary uplift.
Do we really need a fable about corporate guys getting in touch with their inner brats?
No, it doesn't make much sense, and yes, it's irredeemably phallocentric -- but that is, perhaps, its saving grace.
The only thing you can't get angry at are the adorable animal actors.
[It's] like going to the NBA All-Star Game and seeing a fantastic team take the floor, but when the game begins you realize they left their brains in the locker room.
This film is delightful, funny nonsense that had me laughing out loud.
Anger Management inspires only limp accolades, but it's just amusing enough to earn a look on a chilly, rainy April day.
... the first half of the movie was a guys’ flick that was so frustrating and stupid, it make me want to kill somebody.
Nicholson wears his devilish grin from his first scene to last, and one has to assume that's his reaction to the enormous size of his paycheck and not the material.
[Sandler and Nicholson] aren't doing anything we haven't seen from them before, but it's an undeniably fun movie.
This is a hackneyed, sprawling mess of a comedy, rarely funny and never interesting.
It's neither as hilarious nor as outrageous as it should be, settling for comfortable contrivance instead of consistent craziness.
A better script and more attention to other cast members would have helped but, as it stands, this is still the best Adam Sandler comedy since The Wedding Singer.
Little more than an exercise in frustration, and no amount of chanting the supposedly therapeutic “goosfraba” is going to help.
Scripted like a series of bouts between goofy contenders, and teeming with narrative sucker-punches and wacky left-field cameos.
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