The elements of tragedy aren't life and death issues in this movie, and Anderson's film wisely contains itself to the microcosm of this one man's beleaguered existence.
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02/01/04
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
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Reviews Counted:180
Fresh:142
Rotten:38
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Punch-Drunk Love is weird and delightfully funny, even though Sandler essentially plays the same character he has always played in all his movies.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Paul Thomas Anderson follows 1999's MAGNOLIA with the intensely compelling character study PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is a quiet, shy, socially awkward man with an office in an... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Reviews for Punch-Drunk Love
[I]t’s no secret that... certain films [are] critic’s darlings... leav[ing] moviegoers vowing never to trust a critic again. This season [it's] Punch-Drunk Love.
01/01/04
Unlike any romantic comedy this year, with a vision so wondrously off-kilter that you’ll be swept off your feet by it, even if you don’t fall in love at first sight.
12/01/03
No cumple con todas las expectativas, pero sigue siendo uno de los directores más originales y talentosos que el cine norteamericano tiene para ofrecer.
11/23/03
Gimmicks in search for a heart and a soul.
10/15/03
In his effort to 'redefine' the romantic comedy, Anderson has made a film that is neither romantic nor funny.
09/06/03
Punch Drunk Love feels like a movie Billy Wilder would make if he were he hitting his stride today and able to include liberal, but appropriate, profanity.
06/27/03
Sandler pode até não se revelar um ator versátil, já que repete o mesmo tipo de seus trabalhos anteriores, mas dificilmente algum outro intérprete poderia preencher este filme como ele.
05/15/03
'No es la mejor película de P.T. Anderson, pero si es una mucho mejor opción que la mayoría de las que abundan en la cartelera'
05/12/03
It’s a sweet, surreal and quirky love story that will make your heart dance.
04/26/03
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04/18/03
Top CriticSandler essentially plays the same socially retarded moron that made him rich, but Anderson strips him of his usual comic props ... He's buried the man-child within and brought all that emotionally stunted melancholy to the surface.
03/31/03
Why Adam Sandler Should Only Be Allowed to Star in Other People's Movies ... gives us something genuinely and pleasantly surprising
03/20/03
...una de las más hermosas historias de amor jamás filmadas...
03/12/03
A movie of undeniable power and strangeness.
03/04/03
Plays like a writer's scrap pile of good ideas, personal growing up experiences, and love for Adam Sandler movies all mixed together in one project that Paul Thomas Anderson seems to have made for the pure fun of it.
01/14/03
Self-indulgent, pointless, and hard to watch for more than a few minutes at a time.
01/07/03
Consistently interesting, always intelligent and provocative in the most unexpected of ways.
01/02/03
It's a very idiosyncratic take on the genre, but it works because of Anderson's ability to challenge viewer expectations.
12/08/02
Barry Egan's tire iron is the shadow of Billy Madison's golf club.
12/06/02
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