Anger Management: Movie Review

A man comes face to face with the rage he didn't know he had in this comedy entitled Anger Management. Dave Buznick is an even-tempered businessman who, after a series of strange misunderstandings on an airline flight, finds himself accused of air rage. A judge sentences Dave to undergo anger management therapy, and he soon finds himself in the care headed by Dr. Buddy Rydell, who is an unpredictable, psychopathic character. "Goosfraba", an Eskimo word, is brought up in Dave's first anger management lesson to calm the group down. Filled with a bizarre mix of angry people, the class actually escalates Dave's anger, rather than managing it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. Buddy takes a special interest in his newest patient by virtually taking over his life - living with him, following him around, constantly tormenting and humiliating him, including embarrassing him in public, and reporting him to court every time he is involved with an injustice, with unjust accusations which an obnoxious judge keeps accusing him of herself. Buddy's unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. 

As the relationship between Dave and Buddy becomes more tense, it's Dave that may seriously need to look at himself, and 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. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Buddy might be the only one who can save him from a problem he recognizes right away in his patient that could only get worse.