Anger Management (2003)

Director:

Peter Segal

Writer (WGA):

David Dorfman (written by)

Release Date:

11 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Feel the love

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Anger | Therapy | Misunderstanding | Airplane | Boss

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Dave Buznik
Jack Nicholson	...	Dr. Buddy Rydell
Marisa Tomei	...	Linda
Luis Guzmán	...	Lou
Jonathan Loughran	...	Nate
Kurt Fuller	...	Frank Head, Dave's Boss
Krista Allen	...	Stacy
January Jones	...	Gina
John Turturro	...	Chuck
Nancy Carell	...	Flight Attendant (as Nancy Walls)
Lynne Thigpen	...	Judge Brenda Daniels
Woody Harrelson	...	Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Kevin Nealon	...	Sam, Dave's Lawyer
Allen Covert	...	Andrew
Adrian Ricard	...	Rose Rydell

Also Known As:

Locos de ira (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Die Wutprobe (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Управление гневом (Russia) [ru]
Anger management - kiukkuterapian tarpeessa (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Asabiyim (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Askiseis iremias (Greece) [el]
Bez ljutnje molim (Serbia) [sr]
Ejecutivo agresivo (Spain) [es]
Executivo Agresivo (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
Méchant malade (Canada: French title) [fr]
Self Control (France) [fr]
Terapia d'urto (Italy) [it]
Tratamento de Choque (Brazil) [pt]
Viharavi (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SX | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | India:A | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Bern) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) (certificate #38876) | USA:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

Dave tells Frank Head (Kurt Fuller) to "have fun looking like Colonel Klink". In Auto Focus (2002), Kurt Fuller played the role of Werner Klemperer, the actor who portrayed Col. Klink in "Hogan's Heroes" (1965).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Dave Buznick is preparing breakfast for Buddy Rydell, there is a difference between the eggs that Dave Buznick cracks into the frying pan and the eggs that are served to Buddy Rydell. When Dave Buznick cracks the egg on the edge of the pan, he also broke the membrane of the yolk causing the egg yolk to run. The egg that Dave Buznick serves to Buddy Rydell does not have a broken yolk.

Quotes:

Chuck: What, do you think you're better than me, 'cause you got both your nuts?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "De zomer draait door: (#2.15)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Ice Cream Man

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