Jack Nicholson drives the movie, pushing poor Adam Sandler to the edge. Jack played Buddy Rydel, an anger management therapist with some...questionable methods. His method of 'curing' Dave's anger problem is to provoke Dave (Sandler) until Dave snaps and loses it. And oddly enough, after Buddy explains 'implosive and explosive' anger problems, his methods actually make sense! Little gags and jokes make the movie great. Buddy is, as Dave says, a psycho, but what can you expect from the man who starred in The Shining? And the various members of the support group do their part as supporting cast. A surprising absence is Rob Schinder, although his trademark line 'You can do it!' is in the movie.
Overall, you can actually see the ending coming. I won't spoil it, but anyone with an IQ over 50 can tell that there is most certainly something wrong. The set-up is convincing, although Buddy does take it a bit too far when he claims he gave Dave's girlfriend a '10-second frencher'. Dave eventually learns that he can't keep his anger bottled up. One gets the feeling that Dave was based on Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. Picture Homer schooling Ned on how to control anger, and you'll get this movie. Buddy himself has some issues to work out, but again, what can you expect from Jack Nicholson? A great movie. Probably not the best comedy Adam Sandler has done, but worth the time to see.
Overall, you can actually see the ending coming. I won't spoil it, but anyone with an IQ over 50 can tell that there is most certainly something wrong. The set-up is convincing, although Buddy does take it a bit too far when he claims he gave Dave's girlfriend a '10-second frencher'. Dave eventually learns that he can't keep his anger bottled up. One gets the feeling that Dave was based on Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. Picture Homer schooling Ned on how to control anger, and you'll get this movie. Buddy himself has some issues to work out, but again, what can you expect from Jack Nicholson? A great movie. Probably not the best comedy Adam Sandler has done, but worth the time to see.