Imagine you are extremely tired and you have to get on a plane and spent there next few hours, just to travel to another town, cause your boss didn’t want to do it by himself and told you to go. You check your plane ticket, look for your seat and... find somebody else sitting there already. You are too exhausted to argue, so you gently ask the passenger to sit on his own place. When he doesn’t pay any attention to you, you just look for another seat... Suddenly you notice one, you place your luggage there and sit down. After about 10 minutes you are being accused of being aggressive towards a stewardess even though you were behaving like a gentleman...
This is how it all started in one of the best movies I had a pleasure to watch lately – ’’Anger Management’’ directed by Peter Segal. Starring:
-Adam Sandler (Dave Buznik the unlucky plane passenger – known also as the main patient in the Anger Treatment),
-Jack Nicholson (Dr.Buddy Rydell),
-Marisa Tomei (Linda- Dave’s girlfriend)
Just after the unpleasant incident on the plane, the main character – Dave Buznik ’’meets’’ with the judge in court just to receive a little ’’gift’’ from her, for his behavior on the plane... she gives him 20 hours of obligatory anger management.
That’s how he begun his hilarious adventure with the freakish Doc called Buddy... Frankly speaking sometimes I had an impression that the Doctor is far more insane that his patient... but that’s not what I was about to write...
Nevertheless on the first day of his treatment Buznik meets not only the Doctor, but a few other patients as well...
The most interesting one is an extremely quick-tempered gentleman called Chuck (John Tarturro), who claims to have Irish blood in his veins, whereas looks like an Italian guy. He will become Dave’s partner in anger treatment. And one day thanks to him and his everlasting anger, Dave will have another ’’date’’ with the judge... This time he will be accused of beating a waitress in a pub... It all results in a much longer anger management – this time 30 days... I don’t have to tell you how happy Dave was when heard about that... do I ?
The therapy would be all fine if his favorite doc didn’t move into his place, sleep with him in one bed and act like his shadow all the time.
Not to reveal too much I’ll just say that the whole movie contains a lot of unusual methods of treatment ...
There are a few scenes which I remember the most and they are definitely worth seeing:
The scene when Dave is already late to work, driving his car and suddenly Dr Buddy stops the vehicle in the middle of the bridge just to sing a song with him and cause a huge traffic... I can still hear ’’I feel pretty’’ in my head...lol... Extremely funny one!
The one when David wants to confront his childhood enemy-Arnie Shankman (John. C. Raley), who now is a peaceful monk. It all results in a hilarious fight scene between the main 2 characters and a few monks.
The moment when Buddy sets a ’’date’’ with a transvestites for Dave.
Lots of amusing scenes, words and gestures...
All in all I wouldn’t have a doubt to call the performances brilliant – Adam Sandler was incredible as a ’’quiet mouse’’, who finally explodes just to find strength in himself to confront his lazy boss. Jack Nicholson – who as always created a sophisticated performance by identifying himself with the crazy doctor in an unbelievably hilarious way, Marisa Tomei as a down to earth poetry teacher and Dave’s girlfriend as well, who is incredibly convincing.
And I can’t forget about one essential factor... the soundtrack (Teddy Castelluci)... the songs were perfectly well –matched and all together it made a fantastic comedy.
So if u need 106 minutes of pure laughter don’t hesitate & go for it... it’s really worth seeing :o) And although I don’t know if ’’goossfraba’’ will make you feel relaxed... I’m absolutely sure the whole movie will...I left the cinema singing: ’’I feel pretty’’...
Highly recommended by me...