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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404936072
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404936076
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 12936
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 01, 2002
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Adam Sandler takes a shot at critical respectability with Punch-Drunk Love, a movie by director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia). Sandler plays Barry Egan, a lonely small businessman who calls a phone sex line one night, only to find himself the victim of an extortion scheme the next day--the very same day on which he goes out on a date with the woman who may be the love of his life (the utterly delightful Emily Watson). Barry is a lot like Sandler's popular comic characters--socially maladept, prone to violence, always on the brink of embarrassment--but here Sandler plays it real; the result is both off-putting and sympathetic. Anderson's writing skills, unfortunately, are not as strong as his visual sense. Punch-Drunk Love has many strengths (including great supporting actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán), but ultimately fizzles out. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  - As I just said that out loud I realize it sounded a little strange but it's not
Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is a child-man character prone to explosive anger, much like other Adam Sandler characters. But wait, this one is very different. Instead of a comedy, this is an art film where Sandler really delves deep into his character to find the source of his anger. It seems that his emotional development was stunted by the fact that with seven sisters, he was the only boy. They tease and torment him, but he can't really fight back, so it is all bottled up inside, except when it explodes in periodic outbursts.
The story was inspired by an article in 'Time' magazine about a University of California civil engineer name David Phillips who took Healthy Choice up on their offer of frequent-flyer miles in exchange for purchasing their products. He bought 12,150 cups of pudding for just $3,000 and thereby acquired 1.25 million frequent-flyer miles (after waiting 6 to 8 weeks for them to process his coupons).
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[Barry looks around... ]
Barry: Healthy Choice and American Airlines got together and put this promotion: If you buy any 10 Healthy Choice products, they will reward you with 500 frequent flier miles; with this special coupon, they'll up it to 1,000 miles. So, I think they are trying to push their teriyaki chicken which is $1.79, but I went to the supermarket and I looked around and I saw that they had pudding... for 25¢ a cup... comes in packages of four. But insanely... the barcodes... are on the individual cups! ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Movie
Adam Sandler is commonly viewed as a goofball of an actor. His classics include Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and its no surprise that those roles garnered him no critical acclaim. With 'Punch Drunk Love' he has silenced those who thought him incapable of serious acting. This movie is an eclectic rollercoaster of sound and imagery. Watching the metamorphosis of Sandler's character is as wonderful an experience as any other i've had with film or television. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates art, Adam Sandler, and general bad-assery. Oh, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman's in it. Checkmate.
Rating: - Fabulous!
If you love Adam Sandler movies you probably won't like this one. If you hate his movies and like something different then you will really appreciate this movie. I can swing both ways. I like most of his movies and this is my favorite. I absolutely loved it!
Rating: - A Uniquely Entertaining Film with a Magical Tone
Three points of note:
1. The original (in both senses) soundtrack. Barry Egan (Sandler) has psychological problems. He's prone to paroxysms of destructive rage, sparked primarily by his seven domineering and dysfunctional sisters. But his issues are more complex than anger management. In my lay opinion, he seems to be too close to the bad end of the autistic spectrum: he often appears oblivious to, and overwhelmed by, everyday stimuli (such as meeting new people, especially women); he's emotionally and socially stunted (but in a way distinct from the typical Sandlerian manchild); and verbal communication isn't exactly his strong suit (except when intimidation is called for). So what has this got to do with the soundtrack? Well, it struck me that the percussive, layered, and sometimes cacophonous music that plays when we see things from Barry's perspective is meant to convey the blooming, buzzing confusion that he's experiencing. It's as if we can hear his inner chaos. At any rate, these conspicuous and distinctive tracks help bring atmosphere to the foreground of the film, which is a plus, because the story itself is nothing special; the magic of this film is in the execution, the details, the tone.
2. The cinematography. I am no expert, but Anderson clearly uses some cool and unusual shots and lenses. He also intersperses some colorful abstract art by frequent collaborator Jeremy Blake (R.I.P.). You'll have to see for yourself.
3. The descent into fantasy. The ... Read More
Rating:  - I've never gone out of my way to put a movie down, but P-DL demands it!
Not worth much more of my time than to tell you this movie rates right up there among my Top Stinkers of all time. I've only walked out of 2 movies in my life: Caligula and Punch-Drunk Love.
One for being over the top with in your face uber-offensive reality, the other for nearly achieving a type of 'just stay there in your seat and stare at the screen' hypnotic apathy heretofore unrecorded among movie gazing audiences.
Folks that actually liked Caligula for it's delivery of a taste of tyrannical realism would probably also rush to the theaters to see movies about kids who pull R or L wings and legs off live insects just to watch them circle into a pathetic, draining death, ...a place where the minds of those who might tend enjoy P-DL have already achieved a certain level of comfort.
Gee... I hope I'm not sugar coating this very dangerous flick to the unsuspecting. Like the frog who would immediately jump out if thrown into a pot of boiling water but would not notice his impending demise had the water been ever so slowly brought up to soup temperature, this flick can actually bore you to death before you even know you're being cooked!
P-DL just COULD be part of an evil government plot to synthetically lobotomize an entire segment of our population, ...the former mentally active AdamSandlerites. ...who knows!
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