It's funny how many of us use the term "Adam Sandler movie" more and more consistently. As I said before: Sandler has managed to do this kind of comedies, make them his own and get away with it. I have to say, I generally like Sandler's kind of campy, exaggerated movies. Now they added a Jack Nicholson to the recipe, and I was wondering: can this possibly work? To my relief and amazement, the answer was YES.
There's a reason for Jack Nicholson to be one of my favorite actors of all time: he floods the screen with his personality, he can be the scariest villain or the funniest looney ever. He is simply the best. I liked the fact that Nicholson was given the first credit; it is a wide spread tendency these days to put one of these youngsters preceding a well-know movie legend (Keanu Reeves before Pacino, Banderas before Hopkins or Affleck before Freeman, to name a few).
In "Anger Management" Nicholson plays Buddy Ridell, an anger management therapist trying to "help" Dave Buznik (Sandler) get over his problems by the hard way... the VERY hard way. That is IF Buznik has any behavior problems at all. Ah well, if he didn't have any he's about to.
Sandler and Nicholson make a very funny on-screen duo. Both fit in those characters to perfection. Nicholson being a world class know-it-all completely insane therapist and Sandler the shy guy with occasional rage outbursts, which we all know he has mastered over the years, in his own kind of way.
I wish there was a 7.5 rating option in this website. It doesn't deserve the 7 I gave it, but it doesn't make the 8 either. It just one funny film you don't want to miss, specially if you're one of us that likes Adam Sandler movies (yup, there it is again).
There's a reason for Jack Nicholson to be one of my favorite actors of all time: he floods the screen with his personality, he can be the scariest villain or the funniest looney ever. He is simply the best. I liked the fact that Nicholson was given the first credit; it is a wide spread tendency these days to put one of these youngsters preceding a well-know movie legend (Keanu Reeves before Pacino, Banderas before Hopkins or Affleck before Freeman, to name a few).
In "Anger Management" Nicholson plays Buddy Ridell, an anger management therapist trying to "help" Dave Buznik (Sandler) get over his problems by the hard way... the VERY hard way. That is IF Buznik has any behavior problems at all. Ah well, if he didn't have any he's about to.
Sandler and Nicholson make a very funny on-screen duo. Both fit in those characters to perfection. Nicholson being a world class know-it-all completely insane therapist and Sandler the shy guy with occasional rage outbursts, which we all know he has mastered over the years, in his own kind of way.
I wish there was a 7.5 rating option in this website. It doesn't deserve the 7 I gave it, but it doesn't make the 8 either. It just one funny film you don't want to miss, specially if you're one of us that likes Adam Sandler movies (yup, there it is again).