ANGER MANAGEMENT, directed by Peter Segal, looks into the life of Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler), an executive assistant at a pet clothing company. The mild-mannered but overly passive Dave is in love with his girlfriend, Linda (Marisa Tomei), yet his anxious personality keeps him from taking things further, both in their relationship and in his career. However, Dave's life takes a strange turn when he is wrongly accused of "air rage" on a flight and sentenced to mandatory anger management classes. Eccentric anger guru Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) becomes Dave's therapist, but when Buddy abruptly moves in with Dave, the doctor-patient relationship takes an unusual turn.
An appropriate pairing of actors with oversized personalities, ANGER MANAGEMENT allows Nicholson to run amuck, while letting Sandler hone the mellower side of his cinematic presence. As Sandler's Dave becomes more bewildered at his predicament, Nicholson's Buddy teeters wildly between wise and rambunctious. Meanwhile, Tomei (who apparently gets more attractive as she gets older) shines in her role as Dave's beloved. Of course, no mainstream Sandler movie would be complete without a number of familiar faces in supporting and cameo roles, and ANGER has them by the boatload. John Turturro steals every scene he's in; Luiz Guzman sports some remarkably unfortunate facial hair; Heather Graham shows up as a brownie-hurling blonde bombshell; and John C. Reilly appears as a bully-turned-Buddhist-monk. And to top it all off, there are cameos by renowned "angry" sports figures Bobby Knight and John McEnroe, as well as the esteemed former mayor of NYC, Rudy Giuliani.
Theatrical Release: APRIL 11, 2003
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers: Gag Reel
Audio Commentary: Peter Segal - Director, Adam Sandler - Star
Featurette:
1. SKULL SESSION - Behind-the-Scenes
2. MY BUDDY JACK
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
"Do You Have Anger Problems?" Game
Stars
Jack Nicholson: American actor, producer, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Adam Sandler: Comedian/actor, BILLY MADISON/PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
Marisa Tomei: Oscar Winning American Actress, MY COUSIN VINNY
John Turturro: American Actor/Director, BARTON FINK (1991)
Luis Guzmán: Puerto Rican actor, BOOGIE NIGHTS
Allen Covert: Screenwriter, ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002)
Kevin Nealon: American Comedian/SNL
Lynne Thigpen: "The Chief"--PBS's "Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
Krista Allen:
January Jones: Actress, BANDITS (2001)
Jonathan Loughran: Actor, ANGER MANAGEMENT (2003)
Kurt Fuller: Actor
Director
Peter Segal: Director
Screenwriter
David Dorfman: Actor, THE RING (2002)
Cameo
Bobby Knight: Basketball Coach
Cameo
John McEnroe: Tennis Star
Cameo
Rudy Giuliani: Former Mayor of NYC
Executive Producer
Adam Sandler: Comedian/actor, BILLY MADISON/PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
Featured
Harry Dean Stanton: American character actor
Featured
Heather Graham: American actress, BOOGIE NIGHTS
Featured
John C. Reilly: American Supporting Actor
Featured
Woody Harrelson: Woody of TV's "Cheers"
Executive Producer
Allen Covert: Screenwriter, ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002)
Review 1:
"...Mr. Sandler, who has developed a skill for playing weary sanity, has also polished his ability for underplaying surprise..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 04/11/2003
Review 2:
"...The teaming still works..."
Source: USA Today
p.1E 04/11/2003
Review 3:
"...You smile just thinking about Adam Sandler as a schlub forced to take anger-management classes from a rageaholic shrink....Lock up the kids and grandma, this is Jack unleashed..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.63 05/01/2003
Review 4:
"...There are lively contributions from Buddy's dysfunctional patients..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.36 07/01/2003
Review 5:
"...What Sandler and Dorfman employ best is New York-style absurdity….And Sandler and company also wrangle a hip list of cameo players..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.44-5 04/18/2003
Review 6:
"...Sandler and Nicholson are back in the big pond this time doing what comes naturally..."
Source: Variety
p.19-22 04/14/2003
Review 7:
"[C]uriously enjoyable and often funny."
Source: Uncut
p.160 12/01/2003