Anger Management (2003)

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

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Though the picture is predictable -- that is, until a last-minute plot twist that's so pandering that most of us would be afraid to admit we had thought of it -- the awe-inspiring touches of absurdity in David Dorfman's script provide moments of hope.

The sporadic nature of Anger Management's laugh-inducing material makes it the kind of outing that's better suited for home video watching than a trip to theaters. 

--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)

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The only thing you'll be mad about is spending 10 bucks to watch Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler try too hard.

--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)

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The concept is inspired. The execution is lame. "Anger Management," a film that might have been one of Adam Sandler's best, becomes one of Jack Nicholson's worst. 

--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)

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"ANGER Management" is Miller time for the funny bone. It's no effort to watch, lots of fun and you get to watch Jack Nicholson razz Adam Sandler for the whole movie.

--Desson Howe (Washington Post)

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Though the comedy may carry a few scenes that can persuade us to ask why there weren’t many of relevant sequences, the entire ride is enjoyable enough to let some of that complaining slide. B

--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)

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You can tell the concept for a movie comedy is sound when you laugh out loud upon hearing the title and the name of the two stars. In that regard, it doesn't get much better than Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson in "Anger Management." Thankfully, the movie lives up to expectations.

--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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Anger Management is a decent brainless comedy. I would not recommend it because I don’t like Adam Sandler. But I do recommend it because of Jack Nicholson. 5/10

--'Le Apprenti' (Movie-Vault.com)

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Anger Management is one of the most purely enjoyable movies to come down the pike in a good long while. Though the resolution of the film goes on longer than it needs to and is incredibly sappy, the movie is sure to delight fans who were turned off by Little Nicky. 

--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)

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In these troubled times, maybe a little ANGER MANAGEMENT is what we all need. 

--Chad Law (MovieWeb)

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Cast

Adam Sandler 50 First Dates, The Wedding Singer, Punch-Drunk Love Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, As Good as It Gets Marisa Tomei What Women Want, In the Bedroom, My Cousin Vinny Luis Guzmán Traffic, Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love Kurt Fuller Wayne's World, Ghostbusters II, The Running Man Krista Allen Liar Liar, Sunset Strip, Totally Blonde January Jones Love Actually, American Wedding, Bandits [more]

Little more than an exercise in frustration, and no amount of chanting the supposedly therapeutic “goosfraba” is going to help. 45/100 --Terri Clark (Apollo Guide) There is no such thing as character development in this script, so Nicholson just lets 'er rip as an obnoxious, needling, seemingly crazed anger guru. Even Nicholson's hair stands on end more than usual. Everything about the actor is italicized.  --Jami Bernard (New York Daily News) Comedy starring Adam Sandler as a normal guy who is wrongly sentenced to anger management classes, under the unusual tutelage of Dr Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson).  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) A half-decent comedy that starts off well but collapses about halfway through and fails to recover. 6/10 --Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)