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Summary: "Punch Drunk Writers And Directors" is more like it.
Review: After having invested slightly more than an hour and a half of my evening in the viewing of this movie, the best opinion I could come up with was "What the hell was THAT?"The only, and I repeat, only, redeeming feature of this movie is the acting. Sandler, Watson, Guzman, and Hoffman are absolutely outstanding, bringing an incredible believability to their characters, in spite of everything else. But I was left shaking my head in wonder as to what the whole point was. Yes, the movie had its moments, but they were very few and far between, with an overwhelming lack of focus and direction pervading the majority of the film. I suppose that if you enjoy art house fair, you might find something to rave about, but even though I look for something deeper than superficial entertainment in a movie, I just couldn't seem to find anything here to keep me satisfied. As far as the quality of the DVD, it's a good transfer, excellent sound (although a very odd soundtrack), and the second disk has a plethora of special features...none of which I found overly interesting. If you're looking for cheap entertainment, this isn't it. If it's an involving story that makes you part of itself, this isn't for you either. But, if you're looking for something odd, and difficult to pay attention to, this might be the movie for you. But I'd rent it first, before buying it and realizing what a mistake you've made.
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Summary: Amazing Movie
Review: Adam Sandler has found his legs and it is about time. As Barry Egan, a dominated ready to bust loose introvert, he finds life and love apart from his foggy world of pudding promotions, toy piano's and toilet plungers. Barry searching for love as quietly as he can phones a sex line only to be drawn into life through their fraud and his growing love for Lena (Emily Watson). The movie turns and surprises. It is a joy to watch. This is an exceptional movie and an Oscar worthy performance by Sandler.
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Summary: I can get my ... back, but how about the 95 minutes
Review: There are some films which place extremely weird characters in bizzare situations, and somehow the movie seems viewable, and sometimes enjoyable. This, is not one of these films. You can attempt to analyze and extrapolate all of the "various nuances" and "wonderful direction," but in the end, you've spent too much wasted time thinking about this movie. In anutshell, when you look at the time counter on the DVD player more than five times during any given movie, it probably [stinks].
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Summary: Adam Sandler fans beware... wait, maybe not
Review: I will start by saying this: 'Punch-Drunk Love' is not at all like a 'Billy Madison', a 'Happy Gilmore', or even a 'Big Daddy'. This is not your average comedy; in fact, it's more of a romance/drama than a laugh-out-loud comedy. Rest assured, dear loyal fans, Mr. Sandler does manage to deliver a number of top-notch laughs in a few top-notch scenes. This movie is quietly colorful, sometimes loud, and all in all a decent film that (almost) anyone can enjoy. Even if you HATE every Adam Sandler movie you've ever seen. I have always enjoyed the aforementioned movies, and I tried very hard to keep an open mind going into this one. And if you're able to do that, you'll come away feeling as if you're time was well spent. Sandler's acting here is by far the best of his career, and yet it's probably not his best movie. I don't know how it works, but it works rather well. From very the start, this movie is strange. That's exemplified during the first five minutes. Barry Egan (Sandler) is just one of those people you feel sorry for. He's obviously a loner who seems to have numerous struggles with women. But he's not left to wallow in his own inaccuracies. Instead he has seven sisters to do that for him. So instead of taking one persistent sister's advice on a date, he calls a phone sex line in hopes of finding... well, something. What he finds--rather than just 30 minutes of "fun" for $3.95--is that his life is about to get much, much worse. He finds his secretive perversion to be something more than the kind of thing one would be ashamed of. In the midst of this problem, Barry does manage to find happiness in someone. She was the girl who was supposed to be set-up with him. But fittingly, Barry's disbelief with set-ups is lost when the two hit it off. From there Barry is left to deal with his hidden obsession with Lena (Emily Watson) and at the same time end his brawl with the aggressive phone sex business. I really enjoyed this movie, though I think it'll be harder for others to do the same. And I don't know how you could hear about this movie without the name Adam Sandler being mentioned. From a production point of view, 'Punch-Drunk Love' is excellent; absolutely flawless. The way they put loud crashes and the occasional song into the movie and its dialogue is brilliant. And noteworthy. There are times during the film when there is no talking. Still, the music and sound effects usually keep you entertained. Even though I'm strangely comfortable with how diverse this movie is, I did, however, find myself enjoying (particularly) the anger outbursts which Sandler's character had. For example, the payphone scene kept me and my girlfriend laughing for about ten minutes; we rewound it twice. Along with that classic scene, there's about four more that will have everybody wetting themselves in the same fashion that 'Billy Madison' did (no pun intended). I don't want to spoil them for you. But really, had the director put more comical outbreaks into the script it would've lost its prominence as a true romance film. And as a romance, it's a good movie. The reason I only gave it 4 stars is for two (probably trivial) reasons... #1 / At times the movie was very slow (the quietness not included). You will lose focus if you have a short attention span. #2 / There were a few unnecessary vulgarities. Sandler handled the f-words well--and they fit in perfectly with the anger-induced parts mentioned above--but a few other were uncalled for. Other than that, the movie is reasonably flawless. The blending of comedy, drama and romance is perfect; they all flow together very nicely. And even the action bits were decently used. I will again make note of how atypical 'Punch-Drunk Love' is. If you saw the trailer for it you most likely were confused as to the genre this movie would fit into. In all fairness, it's hard to categorize it justly. I'd say it's about 45% romance, 35% comedy, 14.5% drama, 5% action, and .5% adult. Prepare yourself for a good movie in the vein of "good = different" rather than just a straightforward walk in the park. Adam Sandler is dazzling throughout; it almost seems as if he's looking for the critic's respect (that's okay, right?... He's been deserving for years). Emily Watson is intelligently quirky in her all-important performance. And even Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzman are at the top of their games in their small but significant roles. Each character has a chance to shine, and they shine bright when their number is called. Watch this movie if you like Adam Sandler (as an actor, not just a slapstick-minded comic) and/or twisted romance movies that move at a slower pace than normal. Keep your eyes and mind open when watching this movie, and you should be able to enjoy it.
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Summary: Wow! Too boring for words!
Review: As a big Adam Sandler fan, my DH thought this would be a hoot! Not so! After the first 30 boring minutes, I heard the deep rumble of his resounding snores from across the room. They woke me up.
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Summary: Punch-Drunk Love
Review: What a complete and total waste of 95 minutes of my life, not including the money I spent purchasing this DVD. I have always been an Adam Sandler fan, but there was not one scene worth watching in this movie. And for everyone to say how great it is, doesn't have a clue what a great movie should be. Save your time and money, you will thank me for being the only person truthful enough to state it the way it really is!
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Summary: Punch Drunk Loved It!
Review: This movie is different from many others out there. It has no opening credits and takes you right to Barry's life, Adam Sandler's character. He has some problems, but then he meets Lena. The movie is dramatic, funny, and very romantic. This is a great movie and I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: a great pt anderson flick, again...
Review: did not really know what to expect, as with all of mr. anderson's great films...this was no exception! great great acting, great cinematogrophy, great score, totally disorienting people and story line, made for one of the very best surprises of the year! dvd details are about as lavish as you can get, too! a wonderful surprise that ranks way up there with "the hours", "the pianist", "ABOUT SCHMIDT", even "gangs of new york'! A REAL ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE TO SAVOR OVER AND OVER.
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Summary: An Attempt to Make the Simple, Complex
Review: As a fan of highly stylized and unique films, I was looking forward to seeing Punch-Drunk Love. I must admit I was extremely disappointed. After watching it again - and watching all the "extras" on the DVD, I have concluded the film makers KNEW they had a very basic and boring story, and the only way to make it more interesting was to thow in other things like the strange artwork and unexplained elements in the film like the piano. Adding all of these "artsy" elements might make people think the film was much more than it was - a very basic story. Unfortunately - it doesn't work.
To its benefit, the film is very interesting visually, and the music works well throughout.
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Summary: One of Adam Sandler's few spectacular movies made
Review: I watched this movie last night, and it's unique. The storyline is nothing like seen before. It has a lot of entertaining scenes, especially what Sandler's character would do to keep the love of his life. Before this movie, nobody knew that he could act so emotionally. He only did cheesy, funny movies before this Oscar-worthy role. My only complaint with "Punch-Drunk Love" is that portions of the screenplay has some unnecessary repetition. Other than that, it's very entertaining and pleasing to watch.
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