Stars: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Luis Guzman, Marisa Tomei, Alan Covert, Kurt Fuller, Lynn Thigpen, John Turturro, Krista Allen, Kevin Nealon, January Jones, Jonathan Loughran, John McEnroe, Rudy Giuliani, Bobby Knight

Director: Peter Segal

Summary: Dave Buznick, a usually calm and collected man suffers from a bout of air rage and finds himself in court. He is sentenced by the judge to undergo anger management therapy and that brings him into contact with therapist Dr Buddy Rydell...

ANGER MANAGEMENT, directed by Peter 'NUTTY PROFESSOR 2' 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 (Marisa 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 rag'" 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 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 former mayor of NYC, Rudy Giuliani.

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The irresistible pairing of Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler is the best reason to see Anger Management, a comedy that might have been subtitled "The Funny and the Furious". Nicholson and especially Sandler have screen personas that partially rely on pent-up anxieties, so there's definite potential in teaming them as a mild-mannered designer of pet clothing for chubby cats (Sandler) who's been ordered to undergo anger management therapy with a zany counsellor (Nicholson) prone to occasional tantrums and devious manipulation. Surely this meandering comedy looked better on the page; director Peter Segal scores a few lucky scenes (particularly Sandler's encounter with a Buddhist monk, played by John C Reilly), but a flood of cameos (Heather Graham, Woody Harrelson, Rudolph Giuliani, and others) can't match the number of laughs that fall flat. As Sandler's understanding girlfriend, Marisa Tomei plays a pivotal role in a happy ending that leaves everyone smiling, with the possible exception of the audience. --Jeff Shannon

Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary By Director Peter Segal And Adam Sandler, 4 Deleted Scenes, My Buddy Jack Featurette, Skull Session Featurette, Do You Have Anger Problems Game, Theatrical Trailer, Easter Eggs, Gag Reel
Year:	2003
Release Date:	November 17, 2003
Runtime:	101 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 34069
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Anger, Management
Genre:	Comedy