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Summary: WEIRDLY FASCINATING BUT FINALLY FIZZLES
Review: Adam Sandler nearly goes legit in Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH DRUNK LOVE. Sandler's Barry Egan -- socially inept, prone to angry outbursts and bullied by a bunch of big sisters -- pursues potential true love (the marvelous Emily Watson) while avoiding phone-sex extortionists. Interesting looking film does not make up for bizarre screenplay that finally peters out.
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Summary: Ok thats it.......
Review: I don't need anymore DVDs, I just bought Almost Famous" Untitled, and "Say Anything" a couple months ago. i watched Punch drunk a few nights ago, and I've never loved a movie like this before. It may not be for some crowds. But i've never been much into conventional movies.....So this shall be my last DVD... i dont need anymore..... "Punch-Drunk Love" made my collection complete. What a wonderful Film.
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Summary: No Director's Commentary?!!!! What the....?!
Review: I waited, and waited, and WAITED for the DVD to be released,
having seen the movie in the cinema. Then, its released.
Perfect picture, sound, wonderful stuff. BUT! NO DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY... is this another ploy by the
movie company to get me to buy another version of the DVD down the road? Im not too happy. I had the original DVD of Boogie Nights, another PTA movie. Then comes out the SUPER dvd edition.
And you know, for all the hoopla about it, there is VERY little
extra in the latest version. Anyone else unhappy about No Director's Commentary?
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Summary: Simple, strange, and sweet!
Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE is undoubtedly the strangest romantic comedy I have ever seen. However, I was completely blown away by how refreshingly awkward it was, how sweetly the romance of Barry and Lena was drawn. Adam Sandler gives the best performance of his career as a man who has spent his whole life running away from love. Emily Watson is simply adorable as the mysterious woman who comes into his life and shows him the ups and downs of a relationship. As always, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzman are great fun to watch, even in smaller roles. Anderson deserves a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for writing this simple, strange, and sweet concoction. It is one of the year's best films.
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Summary: Wow.....
Review: This movie is just incredible. I had no idea what to expect from it when I went out and bought it on Tuesday. Yes, I just bought it without having seen it yet. I have a lot of faith in P.T. Anderson and this movie just confirms it yet again. I watched it on Tuesday night after watching Pulp Fiction(another amazing movie), and was blown away by the story, and most of all Adam Sandler. As said in every other review, this is not the typical Adam Sandler movie. This is Adam Sandler pulling a Jim Carrey and making a serious movie, except this is far better than The Truman Show. This is one of the most sad love stories that I have ever seen. I really, truly, felt sorry for Barry. His sister's give him hell for things during his childhood, a bunch of hicks driving an old pickup truck hunt him down after calling a phone sex line purely for the sake of having someone to talk to. Barry didn't even realize that he should've been masturbating while on the phone. Even his relationship w/Emily Watson is not the most healty relationship I've seen. You have to see this movie is basically what I'm trying to tell you. This movie completely redefines the romantic comedy genre, and I can't think of anyone better to do this than P.T. Anderson. Also, on one final note, Adam Sandler does have some very funny films, such as Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Anger Management. Just because there are some of us out there who can appreciate more intelligent films, such as this or any PTA film, doesn't mean that we are too mature to laugh at stupid humor. The only movie-goers who deserve to be made fun of on here are those who liked Enough, Jeepers Creepers, either Fast and the Furious film, or The Hulk. Anyways, I hope this review will have some of you change your minds and watch this movie. I've watched it once and I like it a lot, but I know it's going to take me a few more times to really appreciate this movie for what it is. And one last thing, I'm 19, I don't have an account on here, so I just did this damn kid's review so I could voice my opinion and bump up the rating of this movie a little bit. Goodbye.
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Summary: This was the worst movie ever!!!!!!
Review: I am usually a very positive person, and I love Adam Sandler, so I was excited to see "Punch Drunk Love". The best part of the movie was the credits because I was finally able to tell myself that the pain and torture I had endured for the last 90 min was finally over. Everything about this movie [was bad], and there were at least 20 or 30 events in the movie that had absolutely nothing to do with the film. This is a perfect example of why we need to get the drugs out of hollywood because anybody who approved the script was obviously high on something more then life. By all means rent this movie, or buy it of you would like to take a nice nap, but I would much rather see a KPBS special where the cast of the Power Rangers, Barney, and telletubbies get together to talk about crossing the street. I only gave this movie 1 star because there was no lower rating. had I been able to take away stars that other people gave, I would have done so.
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Summary: An honest look at a movie I didn't like
Review: First I have to admit I only watched about 15 minutes of this movie and then "skimmed" the rest of it. In order to have a fair and accurate review I believe one should watch the entire movie before judging. However, those of you out there who honestly want to know what kind of movie this is before buying it or renting it I will give you what I wish I would have known before renting it. Interestingly enough you have people who really loved it, or really hated it. I go in the "I hate it category." But oddly enough hardly anyone tells you WHY it's bad or good for that matter, although I haven't read all 109 reviews. These are my reasons for hating it: 1.It made absolutely no sense. 2.Endless shots of silence and nothing 3.Bizarre - an example: In the beginning, you, the viewer, are watching an empty road for dragging seconds (seems so much longer) then a horrific car crash happens, waking you up, then a truck pulls up and dumps a piano onto the driveway where Adam Sandler stands. Then nothing, no explanation, just moved on to the next pointless scene 4. Scenes of moving colors Monopolizes the screen, feels like watching a lava lamp up close. I just didn't understand the point. Where is it going? What happened? Why? Who? Huh? Perhaps it is "artistic" and for that people like it. I on the other hand, feel like I just killed some brain cells. One reviewer wrote " those who liked it should read The Emperor's New Clothes, again" I laughed, he's right... people are marveling at something that just isn't there. If you like artistic/weird, then this you will love. However, if you have no idea what you are about to rent or buy, beware... it isn't what you think it is. Not funny, no romantic, not anything.
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Summary: I wanted to like this movie, but...
Review: I was waiting anxiously for this one. I loved Magnolia and Hard Eight; Boogie Nights was an interesting tale of the rise and fall of a guy with a big member, but not my favorite. But sad to say, THIS MOVIE IS TERRIBLE! It is flawed on the most basic level: motivation. I have no idea why the girl is chasing the guy. She saw a picture of him once, but, so what? Also too much of this movie is random. A car flips over at the beginning then drops off an instrument and drives away. What for? Furthermore, the climax of this movie is ridiculously superfluous. Please spare me the speach about having my art spoonfed to me. I can handle postmodern structures as well as the next guy. I can even find enjoyment in a Jackson Pollack painting given the right mood. But this? You could've generated a more significant script with a six-pack and a ouija board.
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Summary: Don't waste your money/time!
Review: The only good thing about my experience with this movie is I didn't pay movie theater price to see it. It starts out strange at best and goes quickly downhill from there. The only reason I didn't shut it off was morbid curiosity and it was to late to put on something/anything else!!
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Summary: Very good film and a must for those who like PTA
Review: It's a small film that's not trying to do too much or even be too profound. PTA seems to like to find odd objects and spend his film time examining them from different angles. Here, Sandler is a bundle of contradictions: a man with seven sisters who seems utterly terrified of women and unfamiliar with them; in some ways obsessive compulsive to the point of dysfunction, yet the owner of his own business; wimpy and overly eager to please, yet prone to sudden outbursts of pure, distilled rage. In the film, we get to see the character, Barry Egan, grapple with two new, parallel relationships with with women: one, a nice woman he meets through one of his sisters; the other, a probably psychotic phone sex operator. The new women most likely represent the two sides of women he's come to love and hate through his relationship with his sisters. Ultimately, he overcomes his fear of the bad side and finds a way to break through and communicate with the good side. Through this device, PTA has made a great film about growing up and understanding how to give in to love and still retain your own integrity as a person. For me, the key moment in this film comes when Egan finally gets into bed with the Emily Watson character and proceeds to respond to her love talk by making quiet but horrifying physical threats against her. PTA waits a beat, and then in Emily's response he completely undermines every downbeat art house movie cliche and opens our minds to a new way of understanding anti-social, borderline psychopathic people. Very neat, and very highly recommended.
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