Variety
The antics here are strained, graceless and tiresomely crude, the sorts of things audiences feel they're supposed to laugh at rather than well-developed situations that generate genuine amusement.
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Anger Management
Comedy sees timid NYC businessman Dave (Adam Sandler) happen upon the wrong side of a heated misunderstanding aboard an airplane and end up wrongly sentenced to anger management therapy. His prescribed treatment is led by the unpredictable, unorthodox Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson). Co-stars Marisa Tomei and Luis Guzmán. Sandler would continue to work with director Peter Segel in 2004’s 50 First Dates and 2005’s remake The Longest Yard.
2003Rating: M106 minsUSA
Comedy
- Director:
- Peter Segal ('Get Smart', 'The Longest Yard', '50 First Dates')
- Writer:
- David Dorfman
- Cast:
- Adam SandlerJack NicholsonMarisa TomeiLuis GuzmánAllen CovertLynne ThigpenKurt FullerJonathan Loughran
Anger Management / Reviews
Total Film
A lazy comedy that never lives up to the promise of its A-list central pairing, nor its raft of impressive cameos.
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Can it really be true that the latest Adam Sandler film is, well, quite funny? Ish? Yes -- but only because he's paired with Jack Nicholson.
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Hollywood Reporter
Peter Segal directs individual sequences with a steady hand, but slack editing and a meandering and muddled plot make the film seem slow.
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Empire Magazine
A better script and more attention to other cast members would have helped but, as it stands, this is still the best Adam Sandler comedy since The Wedding Singer.
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