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Summary: Cute!!
Review: Just returned from this movie. It was funny. You'll never think of the song "I feel pretty" in the same way again!!! Nickleson was brillant!!
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Summary: Nicholson is funny, but Sandler isn't
Review: It just isn't Dave Buznik's day. All he wants is headset so he can watch the movie playing on the airplane, but things quickly spirals out of control from there, and before he realizes what is happening, he is sitting in court while the judge sentences him to participate in twenty hours of anger management therapy. The person in charge of the sessions is one Dr. Buddy Rydell, a renowned clinical psychologist with some unorthodox methods in treating his patients. As Dr. Rydell invades in every aspects of Dave's private life, Dave must keep his temper or faces jail time if he fails the evaluation."There are two kinds of angry people, explosive and implosive." Apparently writer David Dorfman have no trouble making fun of and insulting anything and anyone he can get his hands on in Anger Management. The jokes range from the tasteless to the somewhat amusing, but more often than not they are mean spirited rather than funny. The endless barrage of penis cracks becomes so tiresome that I found myself grimacing instead of laughing at them. Of course, who can forget the not so subtle references to Sandler's other movies. The plot is mostly nonsensical and serves only to take the characters from one point to the next, with the hopes to squeeze out a few chuckles in the process. The ending is mawkishly sentimental and will probably have you rolling your eyes at the corniness of the whole thing. Adam Sandler plays the soft-spoken Dave Buznik, a guy who is intensely paranoid about showing affections in public. His portrayal and delivery is practically a carbon copy of most of his prior roles, the differences between Dave and Sonny Koufax and Bobby Boucher are small if any at all. Jack Nicholson, on the other hand, seems to have a lot of fun with Dr. Buddy Rydell, an eccentric man who lives by his own rules. Nicholson by far is the most comical character of the bunch, and I would not mind seeing him paired up with Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson in the future. This is not to say that Sandler and Nicholson did not emanate chemistry between the two of them, the most hilarious scene has got to be them singing a duet of "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story. Unfortunately, those moments are rare. Marisa Tomei plays Sandler's love interest Linda. The notable cameos this time around consist of Heather Graham, Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly. Anger Management plays like most of the previous Adam Sandler comedies, if you enjoy his routines, this will probably fit right in. I, however, was not amused by the experience. Laughs came only in fits and spurts for me, most of the time I sat wondering when the next punch line will be and how much longer the movie will drag on. There is nothing special here. At best you'll have a good time, at worst you'll feel like you just wasted two hours, my money is on the latter.
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Summary: The Odd Couple
Review: Certainly amusing with a bizarre matchup (Nicholson and Sandler). The comedy is sometimes uneven, but overall, it's worth you're time and money.
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Summary: Another standard Sandler comedy
Review: This Adam Sandler flick is actually one of his most accessible. Jack Nicholson and a supporting cast that includes Marisa Tomei, Heather Graham, John Turturro, & Woody Harrelson drive Sandler's character to become so frustrated that he lets out his repressed anger and opens up to his true feelings. The movie follows the Sandler formula of a likable underdog who redeems himself and "gets the girl" in the end. Nicholson is in fine form as the "Anger Management" shrink and NY Yankee fans will enjoy the film's climax at Yankee Stadium. Some parts of the story are pretty silly and pointless, but overall this movie delivers lots of laughs. There is a bit of a dark side to this story, as if this scenario were applied to real life instead of "reel" life people could really get hurt. A person subjected to such an invasive intrusion into their life would presumably become assertive or aggressive much quicker than the character in this film. I consider this one of Sandler's most enjoyable movies, as he is not too over the top or juvenile, and the story and cast work well.
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Summary: Harmless Fun
Review: Nowadays, we would hear & read about bombing, terrorism activities, murders & other bad things imaginable in the news. Sometimes, it's good to escape from reality for a change & for me, the escapism comes in the form of "Anger Management". Jack Nicholson is always associated with "quality acting" & the temptation is too great to see the pairing between him & Adam Sandler, who has definitely coming of age from his heyday of Happy Gilmour. These days, his performance is more sedated but funny just the same. Some of my friends were rather disappointed with this movie for the jokes were falling flat but truth to be told, I just find the whole movie hillarious. Cameo appearances is definitely a big plus & am I right to say that this movie is pro-New York with people such as ex-Mayor Gulliani, John McEnroe, Heather Graham, John C. Reilly, Yankee Stadium chipping in their efforts? The counselling group that Bruznik (Adam's character) attended to are a funny bunch & they definitely add another dimension to this movie. The subplot is about how Bruznik needs to overcome his confidence problem in order to express his love unconditionally to his long-term girlfriend by kissing her in public, played by Marisa Tomei. Another subplot would be whether Jack's character is deviously plotting to take Marisa's character from Bruznik by befriending him at the first place. Overall, it's harmless fun & it's definitely a joyride. After the movie, I dare to say that I feel heaps better. Highly recommended
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Summary: Best Nicholson since Witches, but BOMBS unbearably.
Review: Bottom line is to scratch the last thirty minutes from the disc and to pretend it never happened. Not exactly the kind of premise that would have me running to the cinema for a ticket, it didn't, so I read the reviews, waiting for the DVD, asking myself if this is worth watching, or is it a bomb, never did get the DVD but I found the disc sitting on the table one morning, rented overnight by a friend, and so put it in on to watch it. Truth is that the first hour and ten minutes is some of the best pairing ever in a comedy movie, Nicholson is very much as good as he has ever been playing the character of anger manager and potential Adam Sandler savoir, who has injected himself thoroughly into the young man's life, on a court order to manage Sandler's seemingly accidental violent sprees on Aeroplanes and coffee shops, Nicholson has the full blown mania, spars with Sadler very well, with some extremely memorable scenes, almost four star / five star entertainment, until the final thirty minutes that does the smooch, smaltz, literally stop the baseball show with the I love you ending on the big stadium screen we have seen a million times before, and then another extra smaltz ending one on top of that for good measure, means that this has to be one of the cheesiest movies of all time where the ending(s) actually ruin a great hour of a completely different film. I would certainly watch it for the first hour and a bit but the two stars are here for good reason. The ending is not something you can sit through without thinking, My God how could they wreck such a great thing they had going?... and it was!
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Summary: the angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes
Review: brilliant line Jack improvved or got from script to put on screen. glad I got this on dvd. watched it 9 times already. must watch it again. Jack and Adam are brilliant as comedians in this comedy. it's quite a moving story. and so funny that when I saw the trailer online I was like " I have to see this" and I loved it more and more every time I watched it. truly an adorable comedy. that not only touches your heart. but makes you realize that there really is 2 kinds of anger. implosive and explosive. :) and how if you learn to cope with your anger you can be a better person :)
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Summary: ADAM SANDLER + MOVIE = CRAP
Review: Has Adam Sandler made a good movie yet? The man has Zero acting ability. And hes only funny for about 5 minutes. After that he is annoying as they come
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Summary: Does Jack need money?
Review: Heres' the problem: this film simply isn't funny. Worse, it's obvious that Nicholson KNOWS it isn't funny. It was painful, at least for me, to watch him, in what appears to be a self parody, trying bravely to bail while this ship sinks -- and fast. Ugh!
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Summary: Maybe not angry enough
Review: Anger Management may not be the greatest movie you'll ever see, but possibly the funniest one you've seen in awhile. David Buznik (Adam Sandler) plays the role of a mild mannered executive assistant. At the onset of the movie David is being provoked and embarrassed during his childhood but he never shows any anger.
David has carried childhood experiences into adulthood and his romantic relationship with Linda (Marisa Tomei) is fragile to say the least. David has a sexual phobia and is embarrassed to even give Linda a kiss in public. An altercation with the Flight Attendant and Security Guard on a business flight gets David in court and the Judge orders him to complete an Anger Management course.
Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) is the Anger Management counselor assigned by the court. Dr. Rydells' therapy and manipulation of David lead to one hilarious scene after another. Dr. Rydell moves into Davids apartment to give him direct nonstop therapy. The comedy is nonstop as well from this point on as Buddy works his therapy on David. The funniest scene has to be where David and Chuck get into a bar brawl and David ends back in court. The Judge comes off with the line "Flight attendants weren't enough so you've moved onto waitresses". David explains how he accidentally broke the waitresses nose with the blind mans cane.
Dr. Rydells' motives seem to come to life as he persuades Lisa to leave David for a trial separation. David falls for the separation as being part of his `therapy'. You'll feel like David is getting suckered one more time by Dr. Rydell but you better watch the movie and see.
On a 5 star basis I'd give this movie a 3 star rating. It's hilarious and even ends up with a little romance.
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