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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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Its overall sweet-natured tone and well-paced material yields a better than average number of laughs.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
04/13/03
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Blandly unfunny and narratively nonsensical.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
04/13/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Imagine Punch Drunk Love as a Happy Madison production and that gives you some idea.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
04/12/03
Jimmy O
Jimmy O
Film Snobs

Irritating characterizations, lame jokes, waste of some top actors.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
04/12/03
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

One of [Adam] Sandler's weaker, more slapdash efforts.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
04/12/03
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

"Anger Management" is "Punch-Drunk's" Barry Egan and "The Witches of Eastwick's" Daryl Van Horne thrown into a second-rate cross of "The Game" and a photo negative of "What About Bob?"

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/12/03
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The strikingly superficial Anger Management is too callow to warrant anyone getting an enjoyable hissy fit over...has all the trivial frustration of a brat holding his breath because his parents told him to clean his filthy bedroom.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
04/12/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
04/12/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rest assured, my dude-saying friends, Anger Management will make you laugh.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/12/03
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

There are plenty of laughs and solid surprises in Anger Management, as well as the sheer pleasure of watching Jack Nicholson untethered.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
04/12/03
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

[Nicholson's] performance here is one long, screechingly furious effort to squeeze laughs out of the cantankerous character of Dr. Rydell.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/12/03
Shirley Sealy
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

Funniest when it's still repressing itself, and only the maniacal Nicholson is allowed to let his emotions flow.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
04/11/03
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

With this lineup of actors ... they should have conjured up fiery explosions of sidesplitting comic anger management rather than this tepid taste of implausible assertiveness training.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
04/11/03
Leslie Katz
Leslie Katz
culturevulture.net

Like in most Happy Madison productions, the delirious supporting cast steals a lot of scenes.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
04/11/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

A couple of brakes-off set pieces to the side, the antics here are strained, graceless and tiresomely crude, the sorts of things audiences feel they're supposed to laugh at rather than well-developed situations that generate genuine amusement.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/11/03
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Flimsy follow-through or not, the teaming still works, and so, at times, does the premise.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/11/03
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

This Adam Sandler/ Jack Nicholson vehicle spends a long 105 minutes spinning a witless sitcom variation on The Game.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/11/03
Steve Simels
Steve Simels
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The promise of Anger Management lasts for all of about 15 minutes.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/11/03
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star

It's not the first time Sandler has played this role, or the ninth time. But it's fairly entertaining.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
04/11/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Where are the Farrelly brothers when you need them?

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
04/11/03
Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 
 
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