Anger Management

Anger Management (2003)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (189 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (679,149 ratings)

A man comes face to face with the rage he didn't know he had in this comedy. Dave Buznick (Adam Sandler) is an even-tempered businessman who, after a series of strange misunderstandings on an airline flight, finds himself accused of air rage. A judge sentences Dave to undergo anger management… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
Peter Segal
Written By
David Dorfman
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 11, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Sep 16, 2003
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • David Ansen, Newsweek

    Unless you're 15 at heart, you may need anger management yourself after sitting through this aggressively crass comedy, which alternates between mean-spirited slapstick and arbitrary uplift.

  • Jami Bernard, New York Daily News

    Has hell frozen over? Not only is Jack Nicholson starring in a buddy movie alongside Adam Sandler, but of the two, Sandler's low-key approach is preferable.

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    Strenuous, spottily amusing.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    This is the kind of coarse comedy where a fart serves as a punch line.

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    Even a longtime Adamophobe has to admit that Sandler is an agreeable presence here, and that the film has some funny filigree work to offset the oppressive schematics.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Directors C


    There's no doubt about it that Nicholson and Sandler have great chemistry and they are probably the best actors for a movie bearing this title. But there's a feeling that they were both put on a leash by the studio writers and restrained from doing so much more that could… More

  • Jeff "


    Anger Management had the potential of being a great comedy. Instead, the film fails and is virtually laugh free and really is more boring than entertaining. Adam Sandler is definitely not funny here, and he uses the one trick he's got up his sleeve, which is getting tiresome. His… More

  • Lady D


    Sandler cynics beware, this is one Romantic Comedy I love and have watched over and over, perhaps because I am the "implosive person". A frustrating story that worsens before it gets better, you just have to love to hate Nicholson in this role, a person can only take so… More

  • Brad W


    Anger Management is a funny movie, mainly because of Nicholson, but the problem is the film is predictable and boring. The plot is ver long and boring, and it wasn't great. The cast was good, Jack Nicholson is amazingly funny, and Adam Sandler is well... Adam Sandler. The… More

  • Unknown H


    Although this movie had its moments, I did not think it was all that funny. Jack Nicholson began to grate on me after awhile which was surprising as I don't think that has ever happened before and Adam Sandler just needs to do a movie where he doesn't do the ridiculous angry… More

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