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Article: Adam's Rib; Better-half Jack Nicholson helps complete Adam Sandler in the amiable "Anger Management.".(VARIETY / FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 11, 2003
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Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer
Putting Jack Nicholson in an Adam Sandler movie is the Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon rocket-bike jump of stunt casting. It's a leap so audacious, so foolhardy-spectacular, that you have to admire the filmmakers' nerve just for trying it.
I'm happy to report that the pair do not crash-land in a smoking crater of professional embarrassment. In "Anger Management," the pinch-faced spaz and the ubercool megastar coexist in a delightful high-concept symbiosis.
Relieved of the exertion of carrying a solo vehicle on his slender shoulders, Sandler becomes a more relaxed, more affable performer. Nicholson extends his ...