After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddy's unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Dave's girlfriend Linda and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddy's confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered?
Production Revolution Studios; Happy Madison Productions; Anger Management LLC; Jack Giarraputo Productions;
Cast Names Adam Sandler; Jack Nicholson; Marisa Tomei; Luis Guzmán; Jonathan Loughran; Kurt Fuller; Krista Allen; January Jones; John Turturro; Lynne Thigpen; Nancy Walls; Woody Harrelson; Kevin Nealon; Allen Covert; Adrian Ricard; Peter Spruyt; Roger Clemens; Rudolph W. Giuliani; Cody Arens; Marisa Chandler; Heather Charles; Don Diamont; Stephen Dunham; Kevin Dunigan; Aaron Fiore; Gina Gallego; Tony Genaro; Conrad Goode; Lori Heuring; John Kirk; Jeff Morris; Paul Renteria; Isaac C. Singleton Jr.; Bobby Knight; Judith Nathan; Tony Carbonetti; Bob Sheppard; Robert Merrill; Derek Jeter; Ken Rosier;
Box Office USD 133,756,285
Release Date 2003-03-05 (ShoWest) (premiere) 2003-04-11
Genres Comedy; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 on appeal for crude sexual content and language.