Anger Management (2003)

Sandler plays a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger-management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor.

Director:

Peter Segal

Writer:

David Dorfman

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Dave Buznik
Jack Nicholson	...	Dr. Buddy Rydell
Marisa Tomei	...	Linda
Luis Guzmán	...	Lou (as Luis Guzman)
Allen Covert	...	Andrew
Lynne Thigpen	...	Judge Brenda Daniels
Kurt Fuller	...	Frank Head
Jonathan Loughran	...	Nate
Krista Allen	...	Stacy
January Jones	...	Gina
Woody Harrelson	...	Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
John Turturro	...	Chuck
Kevin Nealon	...	Sam
Conrad Goode	...	Bailiff / Lexus Man
Gina Gallego	...	Bar Waitress

Storyline

Mild-mannered timid businessman Dave Buznik who works for a pet clothing company out of New York City. He's got an abrasive boss named Mr. Frank Head who frequently takes credit for his work and steps on him in return. He's got a loving girlfriend, Linda, whose best friend is her condescending college ex, Andrew. But when a misunderstanding aboard an airplane goes haywire, Dave is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell, who is an unpredictable, psychopathic character. As the relationship between Dave and Buddy becomes more tense, when the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc Dave's life, and Buddy might be the only one who can save him from a problem he recognizes right away in his patient, that could only get worse.

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Plot Keywords:

anger | airplane | therapy | misunderstanding | boss | 

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Taglines:

Let the healing begin

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for crude sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Locos de ira

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$592,654 (Brazil) (5 September 2003)

Gross:

$1,271,246 (Brazil) (26 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Happy Madison Productions, Anger Management LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Adam Sandler's character Dave wears a West High School T-Shirt, West High School is a school in Manchester, New Hampshire. West is the arch-rival to Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire which Adam Sandler attended.

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Goofs

Dr. Rydell makes a mockery of the Buddha, asking how can a man weighing 600 pounds teach people about self-discipline. While some statues depict the Buddha as a fat man, many other statues depict him with an average build. In fact, the Buddha spent much of his journey towards enlightenment as a beggar, practically starving. Some statues depict him looking very bony in remembrance of this time in his life.

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Quotes

Chuck: Here's my phone number.
[Dave reads it]
Dave Buznik: "You're gonna die, bitch"?
Chuck: Oh, sorry. That's a letter I'm writing to Geraldo Rivera.

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Crazy Credits

There are no credits for actors, directors, producers, etc. at the start of the film.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

"When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)"
Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay
Published by EMI Mills Music Inc. and Music by Shay
Administered by The Songwriters Guild of America
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music

User Reviews

Good Fun, even if it's a little muddled

Adam Sandler (Dave Buznik) is a mild mannered and submissive business man with an apparent knack for getting himself into unfortunate and disastrous situations. After a very small misunderstanding aboard an aeroplane escalates out of control, Dave is sentenced to Anger Management at the hands of Jack Nicholson (Buddy Rydell)

Dr. Rydell is a therapist with a tendency for the unusual. As the therapy progresses things seem to get worse and after another huge slice of misfortune, Dr. Rydell is forced to move in with Dave and conduct 30 days of intensive Anger Management.

With good comic performances from Sandler and especially Nicholson and some hilarious interaction from the support cast 'Anger Management' is certainly not short of laughs; but it does seem to get a little muddled along the way. That said the movie finishes well (although totally unbelievable) and ends up as a comedy film you'd be silly to miss out on.

7/10