Adam Sandler movie have always made me laugh, each time I see something with him in it, I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna laugh during a majority of the film. My personal favorite Being HAPPY GILMORE. Others seem to think that THE WEDDING SINGER is his best. ANGER MANAGEMENT is definately up there with HAPPY as one of my favorite Sandler flicks, and the fact the Mr. Jack Nicholson is thrown into the mix just makes it even better.
ANGER MANAGEMENT starts out on an airplane. From most of the trailers for this flick, you could probably tell me what happens even though you haven't seen the film. But the thing you don't see in the trailers is that Jack is there with him in the plane, right next to Sandler, as a matter of fact. Sandler gets into a tussle with a stewardess and then a bass-voiced air marshall, who then tasers poor Sandler after a hilarious confrontation. This scene just sets things in motion for the entire movie, as you find out in the finale. Sandler is forced to attend anger management courses taught by Nicholson. Sandler lets Nicholson know that after the days meeting, he can just sign his papers a let him be on his way, but Nicholson recommends that he take even laonger, in-home management classes, which throw Dr. Rydell into Dave's life way too far.
ANGER MANAGEMENT is one of the funniest movie I have seen in a while. Although not the best that it could have been, it still does a bang-up job of making the audience crack up. There a several particular scenes in which my lungs nearly burst from so much laughing. First, there was the scene involving all of the fellow anger students, played by John Tuturro, Luiz Guzman, and one of Sandlers buddies, among others. ANother was a scene in which Sandler confronts his childhood bully, played by John C. Reilly, who has since then become a Bhuddist monk. All I have to say is, Robe Wedgie, Water Pistol, Butch and Sundance. Great stuff indeed.
All in all, Sandler has produced some great comedies, with his only true fall being the horrifying LITTLE NICKY. Special props go to the casting agents, who by some act of God got Jack to do this movie, it was great to see him in full Joker mode again.
More props to the cameos. Woody Harrelson as a transvestite, Heather Graham as a pyschotic actress, and Mayor Rudy Guilliani as, himself. Plus some Yankees players. All in all, ANGER MANAGEMENT shouldn't anger Sandler fans at all.
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