Product Details

• Actors: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Jonathan Loughran
• Directors: Peter Segal
• Writers: David Dorfman
• Producers: Adam Sandler, Allegra Clegg, Allen Covert, Barry Bernardi, Derek Dauchy
• Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: February 3, 2004
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (246 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AZT7I
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,051 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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 loosely be called 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 counselor (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

From The New Yorker

Another high-concept comedy brimming with lowbrow humor. Adam Sandler is a Milquetoast who is court-assigned to anger-management classes, and Jack Nicholson plays his unorthodox therapist, a human Looney Toon who has a field day with his charge's mild-mannered behavior. The script is funny at times, but the antics of the celebrity actors mostly drag where they should delight. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Lots of Angry in the Amazon Reviews!, June 12, 2006

By	Greg Lovitz (Phoenix,Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anger Management (Full Screen Edition) (DVD)

I really get suprised a lots of reviews saying this movie was bad, the movie in my opinion is classic it can be compared with another flawless comedies like Caddyshack, I really didn't like 50 first dates that was so slow and very unfunny, the longest yard has more rude huomor but still okay,the story of Anger Management is simple but you will get identified with some chactersof this movie, I love Adam Sandler,Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn comedies and this is not exception the movie works fine,lots funny jokes my favorite scene is when The chacter of John C. Reily fights fights with Adam Sandler in the monastery thats funny I still laughing of that scene, I recomend this comedy to any Adam Sandler or Jack Nicholson fan, it is a graceful experience also starring the beautiful Marissa Tomei, Luis Guzman, John C. Reily,John Turturro and Woody Harrelson.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Critics Think, September 25, 2003

By	Avalon Daughter (I wish I was in Glastonbury) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anger Management (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

I'm really surprised that the critics jumped all over this movie. I think it's because the critics generally don't like Sandler movies. They love Jack but jumped all over him for agreeing to this union. I don't enjoy Sandler's usual films for that matter, but I thoroughly enjoyed this flick all the way to the end.

With that said, I'll again reiterate: I'm NOT a typical Sandler fan and the last movie I liked with Jack Nicholson was Witches of Eastwick. However, when I saw the previews I was intrigued from the start. Sandler and Nicholson? What a wild combo! Last time I had this reaction was when Michael J. Fox was in Frighteners, which was tauted as a horror film. Still, the curiosity was enough for me to go out and rent it.

You've probably already read the synopsis, so I'll be brief: Sandler is subjected to anger management classes, which are supervised by Nicholson's character. His treatments are completely outrageous from the start, seemingly enraging Sandler more than pacifying his anger. The whole film is like a sweetly wrapped present that is neatly tied up with a lovely bow at the end. I'll leave it at that.

Sandler, who is usually a whiny, strange character in his films plays the straight role, while Nicholson goes more towards the wacky. Still, Nicholson isn't that outrageous that you believe it's a Sandler film, but Jack does steal the spotlight.

The cameos in this film are just hysterical. Some of which you'd probably miss if you blink but some are purposely put in tongue-in-cheek -- two of which being Bobby Knight and John McEnroe who are notorious temper-mongers in real life. One that you'd miss: Clint Black playing a massage therapist.

This really is a fun movie. It has humorous moments, some crude but not completely overdone, some unbelievable but they all work wonderfully. This is also, in my opinion, not a typical Sandler film and definitely surprising with a fun and loving ending. I highly recommend this film for those who want a good laugh. Sandler and Nicholson fans will thoroughly enjoy this, but others will just have fun.

I give this four out of five because I always leave five for classics that I'll immediately go out and buy. Regardless, this is more of a black comedy but still fun and worth buying or renting.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Movie Mismanagement, April 30, 2007

By	El Lagarto (Sandown, NH) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Anger Management (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

It's axiomatic in theatre and film that when a secondary character starts to emerge and overshadow the leads, the project is in trouble. In Anger Management we see this problem elevated to unprecedented extremes. It's true that secondary characters like Chuck, John Turturro, and Lou, Luis Guzman deliver some of the best acting and most cheerful moments in the picture, eclipsing the rampant stupidity of Sandler and Nicholson. But this film actually carries the phenomenon one step beyond.

From start to finish, non-actors known for their names, and tempers, walk through this film with all the conviction of octogenarians being wheeled through a nursing home. They are not even given anything to do, they are used symbolically. The apotheosis of this is John McEnroe. McEnroe drew attention to himself a while back through behavior so abominable it dragged the sport of tennis down to hitherto unplumbed depths. A despicable brat, he was only allowed to stick around because he filled seats. In Anger Management he doesn't even have a line, he's a knowing wink at the audience.

The same can be said of Bobby Knight and Roger Clemens. Rudolph Giuliani makes an appearance. Woody Harrelson is funny as Galaxia not because he's funny as Galaxia, but because the casting itself is amusing. The highlight of the film occurs when Nicholson appears to be giving himself a Frankenstein treatment with a device emitting jolts of blue electricity intended to stimulate his scalp. Nicholson is comfortable as a demented, irascible coot - what a stretch for him! Sandler is, as always, a lost man/child with a head and face less interesting than a boiled egg. Marisa Tomei, a good actress, appears to be somewhat anesthetized as she smiles through the insipid love story allegedly driving this catastrophe.

That Sandler continues to find employment renews my faith in America, a land that welcomes the tired, the stupid, the talentless, those who unapologetically aim low, with open arms. If your movie can be stolen out from under you by a washed up tennis bad boy without lines, you're not just bad, you're awful.