Anger Management (PG-13)
Very raunchy, uneven comedy with great actors.
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Movie details
- Studio: Columbia Tristar
- Directed By: Peter Segal
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei
- Running Time: 100 minutes
- Release Date: 04/11/2003
- Video/DVD Release Date: 09/16/2003
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- MPAA Explanation: crude sexual content and language
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is extremely raunchy for a PG-13, with constant jokes about penis size, plus jokes about lesbian porn stars who enjoy three-way sex, a drag queen prostitute, a mentally ill girl, masturbation, premature ejaculation, flatulence, and prison rape. It has comic violence. Characters drink and smoke.
Families can talk about some of Dr. Rydell's comments, especially when he says that there are two kinds of anger, explosive and implosive and that sarcasm is anger's ugly cousin. How do the people in your family handle their anger? It might also be interesting to talk about Sandler's attraction or compulsion to explore these themes. It's hard to escape the sense that he is working through some of his own issues with this material.
Families can talk about some of Dr. Rydell's comments, especially when he says that there are two kinds of anger, explosive and implosive and that sarcasm is anger's ugly cousin. How do the people in your family handle their anger? It might also be interesting to talk about Sandler's attraction or compulsion to explore these themes. It's hard to escape the sense that he is working through some of his own issues with this material.
Message
Social Behavior:
All major characters white Lots of mean-spirited and tasteless humor.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Social drinking
Violence
Comic violence
Sex
Very explicit for a PG-13
Language
Very strong for a PG-13
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
In ANGER MANAGEMENT, Dave (Adam Sandler), a deeply repressed executive assistant who designs clothing for overweight cats, is sentenced to anger management after a misunderstanding on an airplane and ends up in Dr. Rydell's (Jack Nicholson) therapy group. After another misunderstanding, he is sentenced to a full-time program that has the decidedly un-repressed Rydell moving in with him, going to work with him, and taking him on a road trip to Boston. Sparks fly as the two opposites try to deal with the uncomfortable arrangement. Rydell forces Dave to confront a childhood bully and pick up a pretty girl. He even persuades Dave to break up with his loyal girlfriend, Linda (Marisa Tomei). All of this is intended to get Dave to acknowledge his real feelings, leading to the inevitable "I learned so much from you!" conclusion.
Is it any good?
Just as mismatched as Anger Management’s odd couple are the film’s two competing scripts. The original script is credited to first-timer David Dorfman. Contributed by producer-star Adam Sandler, the second "script" has many pre-adolescent jokes about body parts and their functions and a lot of references to 80's pop culture. The result is an uneven blend of pretty low humor and REALLY low humor on the theme of utter humiliation. It is only barely saved by the sheer pleasure of watching Jack Nicholson.
Anger Management is a variation on every odd couple movie ever made, but especially Analyze This, which also had a comedian playing the straight man and a distinguished actor going wild. Adam Sandler plays his standard character. Yet while Nicholson plays his well-known “guy who just might do anything at any moment,” he manages to toss in a few surprises.
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NOT SANDLER'S BEST!
Age 11+
Posted on 12/24/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor
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Age 11+
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NOT SANDLER'S BEST!
Posted on 07/14/03 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 14
Posted on 06/16/03 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 15
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