History Film / AngerManagement

* AdamWesting: The ''Guardian'''s review of the film described it as starring "Jack Nicholson playing a Jack Nicholson who's not as good a Jack Nicholson as the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' or ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'', but a better Jack Nicholson than the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Somethings Gotta Give''.
* AffectionateParody: Of Sandler's past roles as a guy with anger problems. Here, he can't express anger.

** Dave is tasered by an air marshall after bugging a stewardess for headphones while she over reacts to every small thing he does.

* ForTheEvulz: Subverted. In between we're given the impression of Buddy as a rather nutty {{Cloudcuckoolander}} (which he is by the way) who appears to be torturing Dave just for the fun of his twisted little games, [[spoiler:though in end, it turns out that Buddy's ZanyScheme really was just to help Dave overcome his implosive anger problems to get him to stand up for himself.]]

* [[FriendlyScheming Girlfriend Scheming]]: [[spoiler: Everything that happened to Dave was a part of Buddy's therapy, and his girlfriend Linda (along with a number of other people) was in on it.]]

** JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: Nearly all of them were doing such as part of a BatmanGambit, making them still rather extreme, but well intentioned. The only exception is the air marshall, who legitimately turned on David for petty unrelated reasons.]]

* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: As part of his "therapy," Buddy takes Dave to confront the bully who used to torment him in school. Dave is less than convinced, especially when it turns out that the bully is living in a Buddhist retreat and has renounced all violence. The bully is very apologetic about his behavior...''except'' for when he pulled down Dave's pants in front of his childhood crush. In fact, he mocks Dave even further. They end up wrestling on the monastery grass.

* SophisticatedAsHell: "I'm sorry I was so rude before, but it's difficult for me to express myself when I am on the verge of [[JizzedInMyPants exploding in my pants."]]

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''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film, starring & executive produced by Creator/AdamSandler, with Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/MarisaTomei.

* [[FriendlyScheming Girlfriend Scheming]]: [[spoiler: Everything that happened to Dave was a part of Buddy's therapy, and his girlfriend Linda (along with a number of other people) was in on it.]]

* Creator/JackNicholson: The ''Guardian'''s review of the film described it as starring "Jack Nicholson playing a Jack Nicholson who's not as good a Jack Nicholson as the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' or ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'', but a better Jack Nicholson than the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Somethings Gotta Give''.

Was adapted into a [[{{Series/AngerManagement}} TV series with the same name on the FX network]], starring Creator/CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Everything after the air marshal incident. Not "including"; mind you, the marshal was having a really bad day.]]
** [[spoiler:Ironically, partly because he got the seat vacated by the annoying seat stealer, after Buddy offered David the seat next to him.]]
** [[spoiler:And Arnie Shankman.]]
** [[spoiler:Actually, the whole movie was a BatmanGambit. The air marshal incident was just, as we say in math, a "removable discontinuity".]]

* BrickJoke: The seat David was about to get was him between two fat passengers before he sat with Buddy. [[spoiler:The end of the movie reveals that the air marshal ended up taking that seat, adding to his bad day.]]

''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film, starring & executive produced by Creator/AdamSandler, with Creator/JackNicholson and Marisa Tomei.

** Creator/HeatherGraham as a {{Yandere}}.
** Woody Harrelson as a [[{{Fauxreigner}} "German"]] transvestite.
** John C. Reilly as a Buddhist monk.

** Sandler is tasered by an air marshall after bugging a stewardess for headphones while she over reacts to every small thing he does.
** Sandler jokes to Nicholson that his mother died earlier in the movie, and how does he get back at him? He makes Sandler (almost) cheat on his girlfriend, ''and then tells her that he did anyway.''

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Subverted, as Dave is more creeped out by the gorgeous bisexuals who are his fellow therapy group members than aroused by them.

''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film, starring & executive produced by Creator/AdamSandler, with JackNicholson and Marisa Tomei.

The story is about a timid man, David Buznik (Sandler), who is enrolled in [[TitleDrop Anger Management]] after he incurs the wrath of SelectiveEnforcement by lightly tapping a flight attendant on the arm. HilarityEnsues when the judge assigns him a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} named Buddy Rydell (JackNicholson, whom he met on the airplane) as his therapist.

* HamToHamCombat: When you get Creator/AdamSandler and JackNicholson together, this is more-or-less unavoidable.

* JackNicholson: The ''Guardian'''s review of the film described it as starring "Jack Nicholson playing a Jack Nicholson who's not as good a Jack Nicholson as the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' or ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'', but a better Jack Nicholson than the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Somethings Gotta Give''.

* JackNicholson: The ''Guardian'''s review of the film described it as starring "Jack Nicholson playing a Jack Nicholson who's not as good a Jack Nicholson as the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' or ''AsGoodAsItGets'', but a better Jack Nicholson than the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Somethings Gotta Give''.

* ImNotAngry: David's shtick for most of the film and he hides the anger pretty well, up until [[spoiler:he finally snaps at his {{Jerkass}} boss and co-worker]].

Now has been adapted into a [[{{Series/AngerManagement}} TV series with the same name on the FX network]] but stars Creator/CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.

!!This {{Film}} contains examples of the following {{Tropes}}:

* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit: Everything after the air marshal incident. Not "including"; mind you, the marshal was having a really bad day.]]

** HeatherGraham as a {{Yandere}}.

* FakeNationality: Galaxia/Gary.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Buddy looks like a homeless man and [[PsychoPsychologist acts half-crazy himself]], but he still possesses a great deal of quirky, [[StarWars Yoda]]-like wisdom.

Now has been adapted into a [[{{Series/AngerManagement}}TV series with the same name on the FX networt]] but stars CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.

* ButtMonkey: David. Everything that happens to him in this movie is because of the oversensitivity and SelectiveEnforcement of one flight crew.

* AngryBlackMan: Who, for a refreshing change, is angry for a (semi-)legitimate reason.

''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film, starring & executive produced by Creator/AdamSandler, with JackNicholson and MarisaTomei.

** [[spoiler: And Arnie Shankman.]]
** [[spoiler: Actually, the whole movie was a BatmanGambit. The air marshal incident was just, as we say in math, a "removable discontinuity".]]

** The [[spoiler: water]] gun.

* JackNicholson: The ''Guardian''`s review of the film described it as starring "Jack Nicholson playing a Jack Nicholson who's not as good a Jack Nicholson as the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' or ''AsGoodAsItGets'', but a better Jack Nicholson than the Jack Nicholson he played in ''Somethings Gotta Give''.

* BiggusDickus: Andrew, the 'testicle with legs'.

** "I'm not a homophobe. I'm a 'pulling-out-my-penis-in-front-of-you'-ophobe."

* DysfunctionJunction: Justified, as it eventually turns out that [[spoiler: seemingly half the city is in on Buddy's ZanyScheme for Dave]].

* ExtremeDoormat: Dave. [[spoiler: The whole point of the movie is to snap him out of it.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: As part of his "therapy," Buddy takes Dave to a Buddhist retreat to confront [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp the bully who used to torment him in school]], who has now shaved his head and renounced all violence. Although the former bully now bears no ill will against Dave, Buddy proceeds to goad him into getting angry all over again, prompting a scene where Dave beats the guy up and "wedgies" him. Buddy then pulls a [[spoiler: water]] gun on all the other monks, and he and Dave barely escape the compound with their lives.
** To be fair, when Dave confronts the bully about pulling his pants down in front of his childhood crush, the bully is completely unapologetic about it, and in fact mocks him even further, proving that even though he's a Buddhist monk now, he's still very much a dick.

Now has been adapted into a [[{{LiveActionTV/AngerManagement}}TV series with the same name on the FX networt]] but stars CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.

Now has been adapted into a TV series with the same name on the FX network but stars CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.