Punchdrunk is about a man so emotionally henpecked by his seven sisters that only the love of a woman can get him to break through the layers of defensiveness he has constructed around his inner self. Given a director and a screenplay that sees through the sandler persona, that. Composer jon brion discusses how he made the soundtrack for punch drunk love and why collaborating with paul thomas anderson is a dream come true. When punch drunk love eventually played at cannes, anderson won the best director award and was nominated for the festivals top prize, the palme dor. Punchdrunk love is a 2002 american romantic comedy film written and directed by paul thomas anderson, and starring adam sandler, emily watson, philip seymour hoffman, luis guzman and mary lynn rajskub. Punch drunk love is the best movie the coen brothers never made. Adam sandler and philip seymour hoffman phone conversation scene in the movie punch drunk love.
Punch drunk love starring adam sandler, newly sandler gives a serious performance as a man tormented by all sorts of issues. Andersons 2002 occasionally disturbing filmic flight of romantic fancy, barry egan adam sandler, playing another underdeveloped manchild, this time. Nov 21, 2016 composer jon brion discusses how he made the soundtrack for punch drunk love and why collaborating with paul thomas anderson is a dream come true. Visit hdfy to watch this drama, comedy, romance full hd movie directed by paul thomas anderson starring adam sandler, emily watson, jason andrews, don mcmanus online at hdfy for free. An oddball adam sandler follows his dream woman emily watson to hawaii. Anderson has successfully integrated the violent subtext of sandlers comedic persona and transformed that. Punchdrunk love leaves you addled, a little dizzy and overcome by a pleasing, unplaceable sensation. Had he been a complete unknown, i dont think the casting would have worked, but in light of sandlers career playing belligerent juveniles in an adult body, andersons stunt pays dividends that wouldnt have been possible. Punchdrunk love by paul thomas anderson adam sandler, emily. Jul 16, 2017 at the beginning of punchdrunk love, p. A romantic comedy as wonderful as it is strange that expands the genre to its absurdist outer limits and makes us believe. Punch drunk love represents a departure on the part of two key participants. Admit it, just by my saying that, you immediately got an idea of what this movie is about and the kind of humor it must have.
Paul thomas anderson and adam sandler interview on punch drunk love 2002. Adam sandler stars in punch drunk love as an uptight business owner who tries to find love and frequentflyer miles, if only he can escape the soulcrunching criticism of his seven sisters. Punchdrunk love earned adam sandler his first and only golden globe nomination, for best actor in a musical or comedy, and won anderson a best director award at the 2002 cannes film festival, where it was nominated for the coveted golden palm. Adam sandler stars in this movie, but this is not an adam sandler movie. He has seven overbearing sisters who ridicule and emotionally abuse him regularly and leads a very lonely life punctuated by fits of rage and anguish. It was an absolute joy to see adam sander in a role of such depth and complexity. Punch drunk love adam sandler birthday scene youtube. Adam sandler stars in this quirky romantic dramedy as a lonely, hottempered owner of a novelty toilet supply business who falls in love with a mysterious brit emily watson while falling prey to a phonesex scam. Given a director and a screenplay that sees through the sandler persona, that understands it as the disguise. 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. A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an english woman, all the while being extorted by a phonesex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding. From the writerdirector of boogie nights and magnolia, punch drunk love is a dark, lovely and unique film experience.
Rent punchdrunk love 2002 on dvd and bluray netflix. Sandler plays an entrepreneur with severe social anxiety who is set up on a date with his sisters coworker. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing punchdrunk love near you. Barry has been henpecked by his sisters all his life. Oct 03, 2009 paul thomas anderson and adam sandler interview on punch drunk love 2002 duration. Oct 19, 2016 filmmaker paul thomas anderson and actor adam sandler on their new film, punch drunk love.
Punchdrunk love is a movie that sneaks up on you theyre the best kind and to save the surprises ill merely sketch out the basics. Through the course of the movie, barry unstops his clogged up feelings, charts a course between the sacred and the profane, and reaches toward love and harmony. For all the eccentric comedy in the film, punchdrunk love is really a movie about the essentiality of human relationships, a theme that runs through all of andersons work. Adam sandler proved that he could take on more serious roles when he starred in paul thomas andersons 2002 romantic dark comedy punch drunk love. Rent punchdrunk love 2002 starring adam sandler and emily watson on dvd and bluray. Oct 18, 2002 there is a new adam sandler on view in punch drunk love angry, sad, desperate. Barry gets uptight around his sisters and does a bad thing at a birthday party. In voice and mannerisms he is the same childlike, lovestarved adam sandler weve seen in a series of dim comedies, but this film, by seeing him in a new light, encourages us to look again at those films.
Well, if you were thinking that this movie is his typical juvenile humor, you could not be more wrong. Months later, sandler was nominated for a golden globe in the. Oct 05, 2002 barry is socially maladroit, emotionally crosswired and a little creepylooking a loser, in short and punch drunk love is about the sudden, unsettling eruption of grace, love and self. Punch drunk love 2002 fullhd movie eng sub punch drunk love 2002 fullhd movie fullhd stream punch drunk love 2002 fullhd movie high quality stream punch drunk love 2002 fullhd movie online. When punch drunk love came along, sandler was far from a critical darling. Paul thomas anderson week, adam sandler, punchdrunk love, emily watson, roger ebert amos barshad has written for new york magazine, spin, gq, xxl, and the arkansas times. Philip seymour hoffman adds a little bit of his unlimited talent to the show in a role that defined the ending of the movie. The idea of him starring in a paul thomas anderson film sounded like a joke which is why the end result was so thrilling. With adam sandler, emily watson, philip seymour hoffman, jason andrews. A sweet yet antiromantic comedy sharing some of the quirky sensibilities of the royal tenenbaums, punch drunk love marks a major creative step for both writerdirector paul thomas anderson and star adam sandler.
There is a new adam sandler on view in punchdrunk love angry, sad, desperate. In voice and mannerisms he is the same childlike, love starved adam sandler weve seen in a series of dim comedies, but this film, by seeing him in a new light, encourages us to look again at those films. When punchdrunk love came out, it was the kind of confluence of all of our interests, josh explains. The story centers on regular schlub barry egan sandler, who is so beaten down by life and his seven sisters that he is prone to. Sandler stars as an entrepreneur with severe social anxiety who is set up on a date with his sisters coworker. The beauty of that film is that pta made a sandler movie and this kind of absurdist. Paul thomas anderson and adam sandler interview on punch. His trademark anger is still present, but its grounded in both passion. I tend to think of punchdrunk love as a movie built less around sandler the actor than sandler the cultural phenomenon.
Adam sandler stars in punchdrunk love as an uptight business owner who tries to find love and frequentflyer miles, if only he can escape the soulcrunching criticism of his seven sisters. Punchdrunk love by paul thomas anderson adam sandler. He has seven overbearing sisters who ridicule and emotionally abuse him regularly and leads a very lonely. The movie winds up being his sunniest, for anderson takes care to keep their love sweet, daffy and punchdrunk. The news was greeted with laughter by the assembled press. Judd apatow, who wrote and directed the 2009 serious adam sandler movie funny people, reveres punchdrunk love as one of his alltime favorite movies. When punchdrunk love came along, sandler was far from a critical darling.
Nov 01, 2002 punchdrunk love is a movie that sneaks up on you theyre the best kind and to save the surprises ill merely sketch out the basics. Punch drunk love leaves you addled, a little dizzy and overcome by a pleasing, unplaceable sensation. From the writerdirector of boogie nights and magnolia, punchdrunk love is a dark, lovely and unique film experience. For adam sandler, who portrays the films protagonist, this is an attempt to play it straight, without falling back on antics, physical comedy, or silliness.
The two immediately fall in love, but he is forced to defend his new love interest. As for the film itself, punchdrunk love is a quirky, offbeat but otherwise enjoyable romance comedydrama starring usual comedy buffoon adam sandler, who gives a surprisingly incredible performance as barry egan, a shy, unconfident salesman of novelty items who has faced abuse from his 7 sisters over the course of his life. Barry adam sandler, the boss of a business that sells novelty toilet plungers whose affable exterior hides enormous fear and fury. This is a film in which that modern obsession, frequentflier mileage, becomes proof of fidelity, and true intimacy is portrayed by a man telling his lover, im sorry i beat up the bathroom. Adam sandler, emily watson, philip seymour hoffman 95 minutes. I tend to think of punch drunk love as a movie built less around sandler the actor than sandler the cultural phenomenon. Had he been a complete unknown, i dont think the casting would have worked, but in light of sandler s career playing belligerent juveniles in an adult body, andersons stunt pays dividends that wouldnt have been possible. As movies continue moving more toward the blockbusting, movies asrollercoasterrides, anderson remains happily devoted to his particular blend of peoplecentric cinema. When punchdrunk love eventually played at cannes, anderson won the best director award and was nominated for the festivals top prize, the palme dor. Filmmaker paul thomas anderson and actor adam sandler on their new film, punch drunk love.
Jon brion on punchdrunk love and the hollywood musical duration. Punchdrunk love is a 2002 american romantic black comedy film written and directed by paul thomas anderson and starring adam sandler, emily watson, philip seymour hoffman, luis guzman, and mary lynn rajskub. Barry is socially maladroit, emotionally crosswired and a little creepylooking a loser, in short and punchdrunk love is about the sudden, unsettling eruption of. Watch full hd punchdrunk love 2002 online free hdfy. In the same way that in punchdrunk love, paul thomas anderson, as a great filmmaker, is able to convey to the audience what it was like for him to fall in love with adam sandler as an actor. The full trailer for the paul thomas anderson classic punchdrunk love starring adam sandler, emily watson and philip seymour hoffman. Odd, touching, and unique, punchdrunk love is also delightfully funny, utilizing adam sandlers comic persona to explore the life of a lonely guy who finds love. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Feb 09, 2011 in punchdrunk love, adam sandler plays a character, barry egan, with more layers than weve ever seen from him before. In punchdrunk love, adam sandler plays a character, barry egan, with more layers than weve ever seen from him before. Punch drunk love earned adam sandler his first and only golden globe nomination, for best actor in a musical or comedy, and won anderson a best director award at the 2002 cannes film festival, where it was nominated for the coveted golden palm. Barry egan adam sandler is a single man who owns a company that markets themed toilet plungers and other novelty items. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing punch drunk love near you. Punch drunk love adam sandler and philip seymour hoffman.
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