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Anger Management

Anger Management (2003)

April. 11,2003
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6.2
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PG-13
| Comedy

After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.

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zkonedog
2003/04/11

When making a movie, the producers/directors must first and foremost determine what type of project they are creating. In the case of "Anger Management", director Peter Segal tries to weave some semblance of emotion into the ridiculous plot of his film...and fails miserably in the effort.For a basic plot summary, "Anger Management" sees young, mild-mannered businessman David Buznik (Adam Sandler) being treated as the company peon despite all his hard work and career aspirations. With some prodding from girlfriend Linda (Marisa Tomei) and a series of crazy events, Buznik begins seeing Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson), an anger management therapist specializing in some rather unorthodox "treatments".The main problem with this movie is that one must simply face facts: it just isn't all that funny. Sandler makes a couple of his trademark wisecracks that might elicit a chuckle here and there, but Nicholson is completely wasted in a terribly annoying role. For being billed as a "comedy", the laughs are few and far between.What makes it a truly abysmal effort, though, is the fact that the producers had the gall to try and make it "mean something" towards the end. A movie this ridiculous (with characters so over- the-top as to be almost cartoonish at times) in premise cannot make the sudden switch to emotional without coming off as laughable (exactly what happens here).Overall, "Anger Management" was one of the most disappointing films I've seen in quite awhile. I was expecting some laughs and some great cast chemistry, but received instead a mess of a film that tries to "pull itself together" in the end but only ends up embarrassing itself further.

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richspenc
2003/04/12

Anger management was indeed pretty stupid in many ways. The acting was sophomoric and dumb. Dave Buzneck(Adam Sandler) was actually more mellow in this film than in a number of his other films such as "Happy Gilmore" and "Drunk punch love". And that irony, since the name of this movie is Anger Management, is supposed to be a joke on its own. That's the first of many jokes here that failed. The next problem was with many of the other characters. Most of them acted pretty stupid. Lines such as "I lost my ice cream truck job today! No more fudgsicles!" and "Don't leave me Mom, you're all I've got! No more clam chowder"!" were annoyingly stupid. And Jack Nicholson's crying during that second quote I just listed was so weird and fake, and he was supposed to have been crying for real then. The next problem, the gimmick of how Sandler was actually acting quite calm but other people, such as the flight attendant and air marshal could only see him being angry. The next problem, Nicholson himself acting more lowbrow than ever. Just compare him here to his characters in "The shining" or "As good as it gets". The next problem, the overuse of cameos doing almost embarrassing roles. Such as Woody Harrelson in drag or NY mayor Rudy Giolanni saying an embarrassing line at Yankees Stadium. Then, the horribly cliché scene at Yankees Stadium. And we see quick cutaways to other movie characters in the bars, in their living rooms, all watching their TVs of Yankees Stadium being televised and they're all chanting along ("lets go David, lets go!") with the fans chanting the same thing at Yankee Stadium. It's so stupid. That never happens in real life. They used the same stupid idea at the end of the movie " Elf", where they cut away quickly to different places such as bars, homes, etc. where the people in those places are all watching their TVs and singing along with the televized characters singing in Central Park. It's all so fake and annoying. And so was this movie.The only good thing was how hot January Jones and her porn girlfriend were in both the sexy skimpy outfits they were revealed to be wearing at the restaurant, and the girl on girl kissing and fondling during the anger management session. I just did not understand why they would be viewed as someones with anger problems. Angry is not the word I saw them as, and their toe biting off and lips being stapled shut story was unconvincing and ridiculous, and did not match up with the way they were in this movie. The writers just needed some excuse to fit those hotties into the movie, and personally, I think that it was something in this movie that they did right.One more quick question; what the heck are slippy flippy, jelly stingers, trick sticks, and flying Willard's? I've been looking up websites on them and can't find any sites that say what they are. All I can find is movie quotes with the slippy flippy, etc. lines. What are they? Are they a kind of candy or snack treat you can only find in New York? Since that's where the movie is taken. Or are they just fictional products for this movie? If it's that, the movie should've explained what they are or else it's just something that completely went over our heads.

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Adithya Siva
2003/04/13

If there wasn't Nicholson in this movie, there would've been people waiting to be rescued from the theaters. Nicholson arrives just in time to lift a rather slim storyline. There are a lot of funny moments, but it just ends up getting repetitive after a while. There's only so much a Sandler-film-viewer can tolerate, you know. I'm not going to give any of the plot away. You can pretty much guess what it'd be after the first couple of minutes after the movie starts. But only when the story becomes totally clichéd that Nicholson steps in to lift the movie with his bare hands. It is only him and Marisa Tomei that lift the film from the bottom and make it somewhat watchable. Adam Sandler is an actor with so much potential, but ends up making rom-coms and plainly senseless comedies. I'd love to see him in a role similar to the one in Punch Drunk Love for which he actually got nominated for a Golden Globe. He can act. There was never any doubt in that. People would just like to see more of its display in the coming years.

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gwnightscream
2003/04/14

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Allen Covert, John Turturro, Woody Harrelson and Kurt Fuller star in this 2003 comedy. Sandler (Billy Madison) plays Dave Buznik, a guy who works in marketing. He has a problem of letting people control him and lacks confidence. Nicholson (The Shining) plays anger management guru, Buddy Rydell who is assigned to help Dave with his issues after getting into a mishap. Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) plays Dave's girlfriend, Linda, Turturro (Quiz Show) plays Chuck, one of Buddy's patients, Fuller (Scary Movie) plays Dave's boss, Frank and Harrelson (Doc Hollywood) plays Gary who dresses as transvestite, Galaxia and Sandler's frequent collaborator, Covert (Big Daddy) plays Linda's ex, Andrew. This is a good comedy, Sandler and Nicholson are great together and I recommend this.

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