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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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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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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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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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The soundscape of this movie is so good. It's far and away some of the best mood-setting I've ever seen.
Late in Act II (Maybe early Act III) there's this haunting strange piece of music and I had to look it up because I had absolutely no idea what it was but it set such an overwhelming tone of loneliness and hope and it turned out to be a selection from the soundtrack to Robert Altman's Popeye movie starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. A medal deserves to be awarded. -
Wow his family sucks. Like, I just wanted one scene where the love interest told him how much his family sucked.
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“I don’t know if there is anything wrong because I don’t know how other people are”
the portrayal of loneliness, lack of self esteem, feeling like no one understands you, anxiety, it was just so relatable and so real.
loved this movie
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One of my favourite PTA films with my favourite sandler performance, this film is intense and the score encapsulates that feeling so well as the plot is moving along which doesn't get enough credit for,
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