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NUMBERS
Box Office: $17,791,031
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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.
CAST & CREW
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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SYNOPSIS
Paul Thomas Anderson follows 1999's MAGNOLIA with the intensely compelling character study PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. more...
MPAA RATING
R, strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue
RUNTIME
1 hour, 35 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 11, 2002
Video: Jun 24, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Sony Pictures Entertainment
GENRE
Dramas, Comedy, Romance, Los Angeles, California, Psychology
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Punch-Drunk Love Site
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 "A sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer."
-- Erica Abeel, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
 "Sandler, in trusting his director, gives a performance that declares the star a genuinely fine actor."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
"Anderson presents some of the sweetest, and most heartbreaking, moments in any movie this year."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Punch-Drunk Love mostly feints and jabs; by Anderson's standards it's strictly lightweight. But Sandler delivers the kind of knockout performance that even his staunchest defenders probably didn't realize he had in him."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"'Punch-Drunk Love is so convinced of its own brilliance that, if it were a person, you'd want to smash its face in.'"
-- Paul Arendt, TELETEXT (UK)
"Invigorating, surreal, and resonant with a rainbow of emotion."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"In the end, Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did. Sometimes, that's enough."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Full of surprises."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"Un Redemption de Adam Sandler."
-- Bill Chambers, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"As a singular character study, it's perfect. It's also the year's sweetest movie."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
"The unexplored story opportunities of “Punch-Drunk Love” may have worked against the maker’s minimalist intent but it is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director Anderson."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Adam SANDLER! In an ART FILM!"
-- Linda Cook, QUAD CITY TIMES (DAVENPORT, IA)
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"This is no "Waterboy!""
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"An odd, haphazard, and inconsequential romantic comedy."
-- Rod Armstrong, REEL.COM
"'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'"
-- Jorge Avila Andrade, MOVIOLA
"Dingbat love has never been as oddly appealing."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"A romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
"Wow. I have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"A carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible."
-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM
""Punch-Drunk Love" is a little like a chocolate milk moustache..."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"It throws quirky characters, odd situations, and off-kilter dialogue at us, all as if to say, “Look at this! This is an interesting movie!” But the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
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FRESH 81%
Avg. Rating: 7.9/10 |
"Anderson has created the kind of unconventional 'romantic comedy' we might expect from him."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"[Sandler] plays Barry just as he would any of the comic dolts who've made him rich but this time all the panicky sadness is out where we can see it. It's a honey of a performance: controlled, achingly human, and funny in the deepest ways."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"Despite its title, Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed. The jabs it employs are short, carefully placed and dead-center."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"The journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"The film is exhilarating to watch because Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"It is quite a vision."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"You may be captivated, as I was, by its moods, and by its subtly transformed star, and still wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"[Anderson] uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"As elegantly crafted as it often is, Anderson's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that, hampered by an undeveloped script, ultimately pulls up lame."
-- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"A weird, arresting little ride."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
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"Sandler has played weirdos for zany comic effect, and it's interesting to finally see him play one in a relatively subdued romantic dramedy."
-- Criminy Pete, CRIMINYPETE.COM
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