Punch-Drunk Love
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Punch-Drunk Love

3.2 based on 10 ratings

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: 11/2002
Countries: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations
Also Known as: Just Desserts (USA) (working title) Punchdrunk Knuckle Love (USA) (working title) The X-4 Project (USA) (working title) Untitled P.T. Anderson Project (USA) (working title)

Description: Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) -- a bathroom supply salesman prone to paroxysms of destructive rage -- finds his life refreshed when he meets Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), who falls in unconditional love with him. Meanwhile, Egan tries to escape constant harassment from his seven sisters as well as three thugs who have implicated him in a phone sex extortion scam. Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) writes and directs.

Actors

Adam Sandler Barry Egan
Julie Hermelin Kathleen
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Don McManus Plastic (voice)
Emily Watson Lena Leonard
Ernesto Quintero Ernesto
Hazel Mailloux Rhonda
Jason Andrews Operator Carter (voice)
Jorge Barahona Jorge
Julius Steuer Mechanic
Karen Kilgariff Anna (voice)
Luis Guzmán Lance
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Rico Bueno Rico
Salvador Curiel Sal
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Vlad Klenikov

Vlad Klenikov

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something didn't work for me in this one. i don't think Sandler was a good match to PTA's script (bad casting). a younger Robin Williams would have been a much better choice...

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Alex Pavlovitch

Alex Pavlovitch

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Sandler performance is unexpectedly good. Storyline fun, sad and realistic. Worth a look.

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Tracy Engelien

Tracy Engelien

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about 2 years ago

It was awesome. I believe in Sandler's pathos here and am one of the very devout Phillip Seymour Hoffman fans...this is one of my fav's from Hoffman. I like it when he plays a dirty bastard.

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