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Name: Punch-Drunk Love
Released: 2002-10-11
Cast: Emily Watson, Adam Sandler, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Punch-Drunk Love

R
1h 35m
2002

79%

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Barry Egan (Adam Sandler), an executive in a company that makes novelty toiletries, lives with his seven sisters, whose constant abuse has kept him alone and unable to fall in love. Possessed of a dark streak of anger and violence, he can be blandly personable on the outside while on the inside he's at a breaking point. Then he meets Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), a sweetly intense but mysterious woman who asks him to look after her broken-down car, and his romantic journey begins. This critically acclaimed offbeat comedy won the Best Director honor at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for two-time Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, Boogie Nights). Also starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzman.

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Producer:

Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar

Writer:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast:

Emily Watson, Adam Sandler, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

79%

Critics Consensus: Odd, touching, and unique, Punch-Drunk Love is also delightfully funny, utilizing Adam Sandler's comic persona to explore the life of a lonely guy who finds love.

Reviews

Elements of Madness

Douglas Davidson

... still packs the same punch, sending one reeling with the sense of isolation and desperation of just trying to connect with someone about anything. Connection is key to survival, as is finding your people. Do that, and you can accomplish anything.

A romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe.

There’s also no overestimating how jarring it was at the time for Sandler to appear in a film like this- not only a non-comedy but something with such a weird, unconventional tone and pace (20th anniversary)

Punch-Drunk Love marks an evolution in Adam Sandler's career because it showed that he was capable of more than just the typical comedy fare that he was in at the time.

While likely to be a little too weird for some tastes, Punch-Drunk Love will equally be a refreshing delight for those who like their romance and comedy offbeat.

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