Punch-Drunk Love
Movie · Comedy · Romance

Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, "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." Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, 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. "Punch-Drunk Love leaves you addled, a little dizzy and overcome by a pleasing, unlikeable sensation." "A romantic comedy as wonderful as it is strange that expands the genre to its absurdist outer limits and makes us believe." From the writer/director of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love is a dark, lovely and unique film experience.

2012 · 1h 35m
  • 79%
Starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director Paul Thomas Anderson

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  • Adam Sandler
    Barry Egan
  • Emily Watson
    Lena Leonard
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Dean Trumbell
  • Luis Guzman
    Lance
  • Mary Lynn Rajskub
    Elizabeth
  • R‌B
    Rico Buena
    Rico
  • H‌M
    Hazel Mailloux
    Rhonda
  • J‌H
    Julie Hermelin
    Kathleen
  • C‌W
    Celeste Wilson
    Parader
  • Paul Thomas Anderson
    Director
  • Paul Thomas Anderson
    Producer

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Punch-Drunk Love

Comedy

Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, "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." Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, 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. "Punch-Drunk Love leaves you addled, a little dizzy and overcome by a pleasing, unlikeable sensation." "A romantic comedy as wonderful as it is strange that expands the genre to its absurdist outer limits and makes us believe." From the writer/director of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love is a dark, lovely and unique film experience.

79%

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Average 7.4
Reviews 201
Fresh 159
Rotten 42

Copyright

© 2002 Revolution Studios Distribution Company , LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Studio
Ghoulardi Film Company
Released
2012
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
U/A 16+ Strong Language Including A Scene Of Sexual Dialogue.
Regions of Origin
United States, Germany
© 2002 Revolution Studios Distribution Company , LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
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English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hindi , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Korean (South Korea) , Norwegian , Polish (Poland) , Russian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish

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