Punch-Drunk Love2002
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
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Critic 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.
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Cast
as Barry Egan
as Lena Leonard
as Dean Trumbell
as Lance
as Elizabeth
as Susan
as Nicole
as Gilda
as Anna
as Walter
as Kathleen
as Rhonda
as "Georgia," Phone Sex Sister
as David
as Jim
as Nate
as Mike D.
as Rico
as Sal
as Jorge
as Ernesto
as Steve/Brother-in-Law
as Richard/Brother-in-Law
as Customer No. 1
as Customer No. 2
as Mechanic
as Phone Sex Girl No. 1/Utah
as Phone Sex Girl No. 2/Utah
as Restaurant Manager
as Lena's Apartment Receptionist
as Flight Attendant
as Man on Plane
as Cab Driver
as Wrong Number
as Hula Dancer
as Lena's Nurse
as Receptionist Nurse
as Dean's Employee
as D&D Mattress Customer
as Member of After Eden Band
as Member of After Eden Band
as Member of After Eden Band
as Member of After Eden Band
as After Eden Sound Man
as Member of Ladies K Band
as Member of Ladies K Band
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Critic Reviews for Punch-Drunk Love
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Odd romantic journey for adults and older teens.
It's a romantic comedy on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The film looks good and has its funny moments, but too often one senses Anderson straining to impress...
A love-letter to the golden age of film, Anderson's opus is the equivalent of a jubilant Technicolor MGM romantic musical, except without the requisite singing and dancing and crossed with a stark cynicism that is Sandler's hallmark.
Nothing makes much sense, and the Watson character would have run a mile from Sandler, who performs like Jerry Lewis at his least endearing.
A movie of undeniable power and strangeness.
Audience Reviews for Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler shows, much to our utmost surprise, that he can act when he wants and that he was the perfect choice for Anderson's take on a romantic comedy, a sweet, darkly humorous and amazingly well-directed film that is miles above most romcoms that Hollywood produces.
Super Reviewer
Sublime and surreal, this is quite a film from Paul Thomas Anderson. It is a smaller film from him, but one that is still as impressive as his others. The plot follows a shy sad sack prone to occasionally violent outbursts who begins dating a woman as equally shy and awkward as him. He's got seven sisters who hate and mock him, and he's got four goons after him looking for money after he gets extorted following a phone call he made to a phone sex line. The film is weird, as it is a surreal romantic dramedy, but like Brazil, despite that there are dark undertones (more subtle here than in Brazil) there is a quirky, uplifting feeling and charm as well...which I really enjoyed. Whimsical is the perfect way to describe this film. The acting is superb-leave it at that. No, I'm not kidding. This is Sandler's best. This film above all, is just wonderful to look at, and another reason for why it's so charming and great. It is a bit rough around the edges, and kinda bizarre, but it's really hard not to like, which is sad since it's still pretty underrated, but I really hope that changes.
Super Reviewer
A visually interesting and unconventional love story about a very awkward character coming into his own. I've tried, but I just don't think P.T. Anderson is my kind of film-maker - I recognize why the work he's doing is good, but I don't enjoy it all that much. Of course, all Anderson acolytes tell me that you have to watch his movies a few times before you really see how much he's doing, and how well. I'm open to revising my opinion someday... in the meantime, Sandler surprises here, and there is some wacky intrigue, but overall it comes of like the Coen brothers with an MFA. Not terrible, just not my cup of tea.
Super Reviewer
Punch-Drunk Love Quotes
| Barry Egan: | I laugh. I laugh and laugh, even when I'm alone. |
| Lena Leonard: | So here we go. |
| Barry Egan: | I didn't ask for a shrink, that must've been somebody else. Also, that pudding isn't mine. Also, I'm wearing this suit today because I had a very important meeting this morning, and I don't have a crying problem. |
| Lena Leonard: | People are just crazy in this world, I think. |