Roger Ebert
The film is exhilarating to watch because Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor.
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Punch-Drunk Love
Idiosyncratic romantic comedy from Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), following Adam Sandler as Barry Egan, a psychologically-troubled novelty supplier. Nudged into a romance with Lena (Emily Watson), while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman (Luis Guzmán), Barry battles his dysfunction to get the girl, alongside a masterplan based on purchasing stunning amounts of pudding. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Director at Cannes 2002.
2002Rating: M, Medium level coarse language, Medium level violence, Sexual references95 minsUSA
ComedyDramaRomance
- Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood', 'Magnolia', 'Boogie Nights')
- Writer:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Adam SandlerEmily WatsonPhilip Seymour HoffmanLuis GuzmánMary Lynn Rajskub
Punch-Drunk Love | Awards
Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 2002.
Punch-Drunk Love | Reviews
79%197 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Boston Globe
It's a honey of a performance (from Sandler): controlled, achingly human, and funny in the deepest ways.
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The New York Times
What Mr. Anderson wants to do is recapture, without nostalgia, the giddiness and sweep of old movies, and his mastery of the emotional machinery of the medium is breathtaking.
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Empire Magazine
Anderson has a firm grip on Sandler's dangerous essence and draws it out in an astonishing performance.
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