Arts: Film: THE BIG PICTURE: Beyond Therapy ; ANGER MANAGEMENT (15) 106 MINS DIRECTOR Peter Segal STARRING Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei

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Talk about conflicting impulses. Whenever Jack Nicholson's name appears above a new film, I start calculating the earliest opportunity I can see it. Whenever Adam Sandler's name appears above a film, I start making plans to leave the country. So, when some studio fiend has the idea of putting both their names above the title, it's hard to know whether to laugh or cry - the finest screen actor of his generation paired off with the most irksome goofball comedian of his. In the words of the song, did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to go, and still had the feeling that you wanted to stay away?

The odd thing about Anger Management is that, for the first …