Movie Review: Anger Management

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 This is supposed to be a funny movie, but I found it pretty sad for the main protagonist. The story is about a mild mannered guy who gets pushed around all his life. He has a great girlfriend who is frustrated with his reservations. He is angry at himself for this and doesn't know what to do. On a flight he gets into trouble with flight attendants and is arrested. The judge sentences him to anger management classes and then everything starts going out of control in his life.

The rest of the movie is about his therapy and coming out as an assertive individual and finally proposing to his girlfriend. If one were to watch this movie without identifying with the characters then it would be a great entertainer and downright funny. When I watch movies I make my decisions early on as to whose side I am and when my side gets beaten up I don't like it. I found this movie rather sadistic, there could have been definitely better ways to show the same incidents and story without actually hurting the dignity of the protagonist.

Bottomline this is available free to watch on Youtube and I watched it. I wouldn't pay to watch this movie. It is an ok way to pass time if you have nothing else to do.