Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson’s 22-Year-Old Buddy Comedy Gets New Streaming Home

Fans can soon feel the love of a vintage comedy film featuring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson on streaming. The 2003 buddy comedy, Anger Management, lands an imminent debut on the free streaming platform, Tubi.

Tubi confirmed that Anger Management will become available to stream without charge on Feb. 1. The film has largely been available to rent or purchase digitally, via Prime Video and Apple TV. Anger Management is also the latest Sandler movie to be confirmed for a Tubi debut, with arguably his best feature, Uncut Gems, now available on the platform.

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Directed by Peter Segal, who also worked with Sandler on 50 First Dates, Anger Management chronicles the story of Dave Buznik (Sandler), a businessperson sentenced to an anger management program after an incident during a flight. The program is led by an unconventional therapist named Dr. Buddy Rydell (Nicholson), who was seated beside Dave on the plane amid the incident, with the two initially getting agitated with each other before eventually becoming friends.

Anger Management Had a Strong Cast

Anger Management featured a star-studded cast that included Woody Harrelson, Luis Guzmán​​​​​​, John Turturro and the late Lynne Thigpen, with celebrity cameos from Derek Jeter, Roger Clemens, John McEnroe, then-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and the late Bob Knight. The film earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences, earning a 42% critical rating and a 59% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it attracted box-office success at the time, grossing $195.7 million against a $75 million budget. The film later earned a Teen Choice Awards win and an MTV Movie Awards nomination before spawning the Charlie Sheen-led FX TV series of the same name, which premiered in 2012 and lasted for 100 episodes before its cancelation.

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Sandler is gearing up for his next feature film, the Netflix-bound Happy Gilmore sequel. Happy Gilmore 2 was confirmed by Netflix last May and wrapped production in late 2024, continuing the acclaimed original 1996 film starring Sandler as the eponymous professional hockey reject turned polarizing golfing sensation. Sandler stars in Happy Gilmore 2 alongside Christopher McDonald, Ben Stiller, Julie Bowen and Dennis Dugan, with John Daly, Jack Nicklaus, Jason Spieth, Travis Kelce and Marshall “Eminem” Mathers among the celeb cameos. The follow-up is set to premiere later this year, while the original became available via Tubi last December.

Anger Management proved to be one of Nicholson’s last roles in his storied acting career. He later featured in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed and starred in another buddy comedy film, The Bucket List, alongside Morgan Freeman. The three-time Oscar winner’s final big-screen appearance was in the 2010 film, How Do You Know, before quietly retiring due to memory loss.

Fans can stream Anger Management via Tubi on Feb. 1.

Source: Tubi