Punch-Drunk Love Reviews

(Blu) Sick film, sick characters in not a choral PT Anderson film, but full of neurotic details. Sandler is excellents in his outburst followed by a charming calm secuences as the one in Hawai...

nunca pense ver una pelicula de Adam Sandler tan genial.
excelentemente dirigida por anderson, al igual que bien escrita,con un ritmo narrativo surreal, complementadolo por excelentes actuaciones del propio sandler,emily watson y phillip seymour hoffman. la primera que veo de paul thomas anderson y me encanto.
8/10


for my non-Spanish-speaking followers in English:
I never thought I'd watch a Adam Sandler movie so cool.
excellently directed by Anderson, as well written, with a surreal narrative rhythm, complemented by excellent performances by Sandler himself, Emily Watson and phillip Seymour Hoffman. The first one I see of Paul Thomas Anderson and I loved it.
8/10

Una rara pero refrescante forma para reinventarse, hablando del director y de Adam Sandler (quien creo que ofrece su mejor actuación y personaje hasta la fecha); Punch-drunk love prácticamente habla más por la fotografía que por los dialogos, realmente es una melancólica, cómica entre veces y mágica película que no dejará indiferente.

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. This is a surprisingly tender film wrapped in a terrifying black dramedy and a triumph from America's most promising young director.

A unique film about an individual with some psychological problems. I love the themes this movie crosses, and this is probably Adam Sandler's best role ever.

Paul Thomas Anderson's greatest achievement to date is There Will Be Blood. Punch-Drunk Love is second. No, I mean it. It's an art-house film and times better than Magnolia and Boogie Nights, at-least to me, if not you. It's surreal, addictive and top of all, extremely fun to watch and is very reeling. It has all the PTA touches: perfect casting, long steadi-cam shots, memorable background music, dysfunctional family and a fidgety, yet somewhat likable, character in the lead, although this is not present in his other movies. PTA is a pretty kick-ass director and his creativity can be seen when Barry Egan is talking on the phone in his apartment. I fell in love with the steadi-cam technique right then and there. Then we have the moment where Barry and Lena share a 30 second kiss. The scene is so artistic and wonderfully done.

Granted, Adam Sandler never really was in my top 10, or anyone's top 10 for that matter but he turned heads and proved people wrong, if only for just a moment, by his performance Barry Egan. Truth be told, he reminded me of Dustin Hoffman and Ben Stiller from his appearance on Friends The One With the Screamer. He was great in his role and it makes me wonder why didn't he play more roles like these? Comedy is one word I've grown to fear nowadays because they are either too silly, disgusting, or downright unfunny. Many being Adam Sandler's movies. In this film, he felt like an actor but in his other "comedies", just a product, a running character, no more, no less. Anyway, accompanying him is the beautiful Emily Watson as love interest Lena Leonard. An OK performance but she was a delight to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed their chemistry and they should do another movie together. From the supporting, Philip Seymour Hoffman was good too. Frankly speaking, I haven't seen much of his films so I can't really say how good or bad an actor he is. But, after watching the 100% brilliant anger-phone seen between Hoffman and Sandler, I would really love to see them do another scene like this again in another movie. Now that's what I call anger! Pure and simple! A must-watch. In all senses, the best memorable phone scene since Dog Day Afternoon or maybe Jerry Maguire.

In all, don't get put off just because it has Adam Sandler in the lead role. In fact, get ready to be surprised. Although nowhere a classic, Punch-Drunk Love is memorable and enjoyable to the last minute.

8.9/10

Honestly, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it whenever I have the opportunity. Anyway, I remember very well when it was released, back then, I was expecting a lot from this movie. Not because of Sandler (by now, I have seen most of his movies and his whole gimmick is pretty lame in my opinion) but because it was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, probably one of the most interesting directors around nowadays. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I was kind of disappointed by the whole thing. I mean, it was not bad, far from it, and it was just way better than everything else Adam Sandler had done at the time but I still had a hard time to connect with the characters and what they were going through. The funniest part is that, with this movie, Adam Sandler finally tried something else, something more challenging, more interesting and what was his reward? The movie completely tanked at the box-office... Anyway, to conclude, even though I wasn’t really blown away by the whole thing, it was a still a decent flick, easily one of the best starring Adam Sandler, and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Paul Thomas Anderson’s work.