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Punch-Drunk Love

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Original title

Punch-Drunk Love

Year

2002

Running time

89 min.

Country

United States

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Screenwriter

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Music

Jon Brion

Cinematography

Robert Elswit

Producer

Revolution Studios, New Line Cinema, Ghoulardi Film Company. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Romance. Drama. Comedy | Romantic Drama. Black Comedy

Synopsis

Barry Egan is a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between uncontrollable rage, lust and self-doubt.

Awards: 2002: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director (ex aequo)

2002: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor - Comedy (Sandler)

2002: Satellite Awards: 3 nominations, including Best Motion Picture Comedy

2002: Gijon Film Festival: Best Screenplay & Best Actor (Adam Sandler)

2002: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 3 Nom., including Best Director & Screenplay

2002: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Cinematography.

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Critics' reviews

"This is certainly a distinctive picture, composed in a startling, even riveting idiom by a director with style. But it is almost entirely depthless: a trompe-l'oeil of elusive ideas and replicant emotions"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"an anti-Adam Sandler movie. It's very cute, very weird and madly diverting (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Angie Errigo: Empire
"Anderson orchestrates a comic romance like no other. The effect is intoxicating. Sandler and the movie will knock you for a loop. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Poetry is perhaps the best way to think about Mr. Anderson's suave, exuberant balance of free-form inspiration and formal control."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Charming and outlandish by turns, this misfit love story of disconnected people trying to find one another in an antagonistic world is a comedy of discomfort and rage that turns unexpectedly sweet and pure"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Sandwiched between the epic achievements of 'Magnolia' and 'There Will Be Blood', 'Punch-Drunk Love' may seem like a minor work at first glance, but it's just as formally daring and adventurous"

Scott Tobias: AV Club

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