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You can go to places in the world with pudding.
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Punch-Drunk Love
2002 Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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Adam Sandler Emily Watson Philip Seymour Hoffman Luis Guzmán Mary Lynn Rajskub Robert Smigel Jason Andrews Don McManus David Schrempf Seann Conway Rico Bueno Hazel Mailloux Karen Kilgariff Julie Hermelin Salvador Curiel Jorge Barahona Ernesto Quintero Julius Steuer Lisa Spector Nicole Gelbard Mia Weinberg Karen Hermelin Larry Ring Kerry Gelbard Ashley Clark
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Alternative Titles
戀愛雞尾酒, Opilí láskou, Embriagado de amor, パンチドランク・ラブ, 펀치 드렁크 러브, Любовь, сбивающая с ног, Embriagado de Amor
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When I was 17 or 18 I was eating lunch at this place called New York Subs (now closed) and I ordered my sandwich and sat down in front of this man (who I later learned was my parents' dentist, incidentally) who was by himself waiting on his food. When the waitress came by to bring him his order, I heard her ask him about the crossword puzzle he was doing. "Yeah, I find it's a lot easier to do the longer words first, then you can kind of work your way out from there. But sometimes I just can't solve the longer ones, and the shorter ones can help with those." There was something about this exchange that was…
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the hushed, conspiratorial way that adam sandler raves about the pudding promotion seeming too good of a deal to be true is the same way i used to talk about moviepass (RIP) </3
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I always get strange looks when I tell people this is my favourite Paul Thomas Anderson film.
“But what about There Will Be Blood?”
“Have you not seen Boogie Nights?”These are both sensible questions and brilliant films but it doesn’t change the fact Punch-Drunk Love is still his true masterpiece. It is his best film for numerous reasons - it is his best because it has a creative freedom rarely seen in his work, before or since. Anderson has become famous for making epic movies be they convoluted and complex ensemble dramas or films on a vast canvas. Punch-Drunk Love, on the other hand, is a small movie in every conceivable way be it cast size, narrative complexity and…
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HE NEEDS ME HE NEEDS ME HE NEEDS ME HE NEEDS ME NEEDS ME HE NEEDS MEEEEEEEEEE
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A movie about one of those important things we've been looking for all our lives: making real contact with another person. And let's not fool ourselves: no matter how strange we are, breaking bathrooms and throwing hammers around, there is someone out there who will understand us. and deep down, that's all that matters.
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wait wait wait... adam sandler... in a good movie??? and he can act??? THE AUDACITY!!!!!!!!!!
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name something comparable to punch-drunk love.
you can't because it is a singular kind of movie, a dream-like, kaleidoscopic movie. a quirky without being annoying movie. an oddly sad, weirdly romantic movie. it is adam sandler's jewel (srry uncut gems) and whether you love it or hate it, you cannot deny its presence. -
A real stunner. Sandler's portrayal as mere pieces of a man is instantly grappling. The score brings out the character's chaotic world, focusing on smash-cut events and intense conversation.
Might be too short, which is a critique I only give to great movies like Punch-Drunk Love.
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a swooningly romantic fantasy that’s also deeply suspicious and hostile towards the idea of love. the whole film is a grand paradox
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it's funnier than i remember but it's resolution is almost too simple.
but on a personal note: i almost identified with this dude in a way that I didn't when i was a teen, but i realized that im even more annoying than him. an inexplicable angel walking into my life such as this would be nice for awhile n then one night shed stab my asshole with my previously unsharpened charlotte hornets number 2 pencil after making her watch that "how good was mugsy bogues?" video on youtube, again. jk id never do that but the fact im even bringing it up.
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I love this movie but I definitely need to watch again. so much going on. so beautiful.
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Smart for a romance and seemed like a more audience bite-sized, easily-consumed version of what Soderbergh’s Schizopolis could have been if it had the intentions of being a romance (I know it didn’t). I’m thinking it could have been better but this is the first PTA film I’ve seen so maybe I’ll get it even more next time.
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the score for this is absolutely beautiful and when hearing it i felt like i was listening to some 50s musical while having an anxiety attack and that may sound as something horrendous, and it really is, but here it works in a extremely good way so thank you jon brion
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