Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger-management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor (Jack Nicholson).Sandler has a special kind of humor, and it is one that has matured over the years. His classics will always be "Happy Gilmore" and "Billy Madison", but his follow-ups are pretty decent, too. This one has all the things we enjoy -- the juvenile humor, the excellent ensemble cast -- and adds in Jack Nicholson, so rarely ever makes a bad film.One thing about Sandler's films is that he tends to keep the same ensemble but rotates the leading lady (other than Drew Barrymore). This time we have Marisa Tomei, which is a stroke of genius. Obviously she knows comedy (My Cousin Vinny), but has branched out to some serious drama. In this film, she straddles both and rally grounds the humor. Her character is indispensable.

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.

Anger Management (2003): Dir: Peter Segal / Cast: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Luis Guzman: Jack Nicholson states that one can not rid their temper by losing it. Adam Sandler is on a business trip where he is seated next to Nicholson on a plane. He will land in court after a misunderstanding with a stewardess. He is ordered to seek anger management with Nicholson as the psychiatrist. He moves in with Sandler after an outburst at a bar. Homophobic jokes and a series of meddling situations with Sandler's girlfriend follow. Conclusion fails because one wonders if Sandler needed anger management or the nerve to propose to his girlfriend in public. Directed by Peter Segal who made the much funnier The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. Sandler is the ideal foil but is reduced to a series of pointless situations to push him to the limits. Nicholson is in his element but his methods seem unrealistic. It isn't difficult to guess whether he succeeds or not. Marisa Tomei is flat as Sandler's girlfriend. Supporting cameos steal their moments including John C. Reilly who appears as high school bully turn monk but the handling of this situation is enough to make anybody angry. With the combination of leads, one would think that this would have turned out better but unfortunately it falls flat. Anger theme layered but payoff needs more therapy than Sandler. Score: 5 ½ / 10

Dave Buznik (Sandler) flips out on an airplane after a miscommunication, and is sentenced to an Anger management program. His therapist is an abrasive loose cannon, who has methods that are unorthodox to say the least. Considering Dave's lonely life, meeting Buddy Rydell might be a blessing in disguise for him. I originally saw this in theaters and remember being highly amused by this movie. I didn't remember much about it...and decided to re-watch it. I enjoy Sandler's older movies when he actually cared about making people laugh. I wouldn't call this movie the perfect comedy by any means, but there are definitely some laugh out loud moments to be had. It's a little sad to see Nicholson stoop to these antics, but I'm not ashamed to admit that he was hilarious. He works well with Sandler and steals many of the scenes. I laughed my ass off at one of his quotes. "Then he pulled out his winky and told her it was a Strawberry Ice Cream Cone" He even sings "I Feel Pretty" with Adam Sandler! Nicholson isn't afraid to make a fool of himself in this movie and looked to be having a blast! The guy can turn anything into gold. Beneath him or not, he was amazing. It does get stagnant after a while, but for about 75-80 minutes, it's good times. It has your typical crudeness with Sandler's patented "childish routine" but he is funny. It's not a strong acting performance, but he is very entertaining! That's all that counts for me. Marisa Tomei's character is somewhat bland, but she's easy on the eyes and delivers an OK performance. Woody Harrelson has a small, but funny part. The last 25 minutes get sentimental and mushy, with a pretty clever twist that surprised me with how well it was executed. I used to be a big Adam Sandler fan! Hell, I still am to a certain extent. I'm just tired of being let down by his laziness. This movie does what it sets out to do, giving the viewer some outrageous laughs. That's what I wanted and that's exactly what I got. Remember! Goosfraba.6.8/10