Punch-Drunk Love (Single Disc Edition)

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Summary: think harder
Review: I really enjoyed this movie and I am disgusted reading so many of the reviews for it and others like it. Everyone that hates movies that stray slightly from the normal dumbed-down garbage in American cinema hates them because they have to think a little. And that is sad. Punch-Drunk Love is not a deep movie by any stretch of the imagination. And although I loved it and loved the subtlety and dark humor of it, I don't think it is one of the best movies ever. But just because you didn't get your tired, old, cheesy jokes and predictable storylines doesn't mean you should give this movie a bad rating or "hate" it. If people only like predicatable plots, cheesy jokes, and oversexualized characters because they are easy to watch, they need to at least admit it and take responsiblity for their collective consumer laziness. Okay, that's my rant. Punch-Drunk Love is a great story of the complexities between two people. I thought it was great. You should see it.

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Summary: Strange but Genius
Review: This movie is strange. It is somehow funny though, in a very dark comic way. If you like Adam Sandler, you should probably see this, just be warned he does not play one of his usual characters.

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Summary: worth the hangover
Review: quirky, amusing work of genius that taps some other sections of Sandler's brain. Goes nicely with Anger Management in providing us more substance than so many pop films - which we knew we could always get from this actor.

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Summary: Didn't get it
Review: What in the world is the point of all of these strange goings on? What is the point of the harmonium, the truck crashing down the street in the beginning, all of those weird rainbow colors flashing on the screen, and the banging clanking music? There is no point! It just shows you what happens when 1 person has too much control, and writes, directs and produces a flick. Please get an editor! I liked Hard Eight, but this movie just sucks..

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Summary: Terrilbe
Review: I have to say I am very suprised that Adam Sandler decided to do this movie. I am a fan of his and usually love his work until... Punch Drunk Love. The movie was aweful no ending, plot or solid story line. In my opinion this was one of the worst films that I have ever seen. Not to insult Adam because he did a great job as always but the movie [stunk]. I would highly advise that when your walking into the video store with the intent to rent this movie, choose another one.

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Summary: a stunningly beautiful, sweet and heartfelt film.
Review: So many people are idiots when it comes to Punch-Drunk Love. They don't have enough matter in their brain to realise that movies don't have to be plausible or realistic. That films that endevour to get across an idea or vision don't have to "make sense" in the conventional way. And who was that idiot saying that the characters were hard to relate to? This is a film for the emotionally inept by the emotionally inept, something that an uncultured cretin such as you would never be able to understand, who merely indulges themselves in their endeavours of superficiality and can't even string sentences with words containing more than three syllables together. And what do you mean "how can you find someone saying i wanna smash your face in with a hammer erotic?" You. Are. An. Idiot. It's about the fact that these two people understand each other and that they are so confident in their love for each other that they can actually feel free to exist with each other freely expressing their very, very strange and endearingly odd feelings with each other. Its about two outcasts coming together. And what do you mean "what is the harmonium all about"! I cant believe that some people haven't heard of symbolism or metaphors. Did you go to school? I feel that it represents something coming into your life unexpectedly, and if you take the time to learn to play with it and take care of it and rely on it, it can create something......beautiful, just like with Barry (the protagonist) and Lena (the love interest). And the blue suit? If you watch the colour scheme of many of the backgrounds throughout the movie (e.g. the supermarket and his office) you'll see that they are also blue and white. This is to show Barry's desire to fit in and be considered normal with his surroundings. But of course the way he interprets how to do this just makes him seem even stranger i.e. turning up to work in an electric blue suit. I hope the next time you see an art film you dont approach it as such an uncultured narrow minded idiot. Try Donnie Darko and Buffalo66 for beginners. Such as yourself. Idiot. Everyone else, go see it and be moved. Profoundly.

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Summary: A Tremendous Performance
Review: Adam Sandler gives a quirky, unsettling and absolutely fascinating performance. No, he doesn't belch, spit up milk or assault Bob Barker on a golf course. It is the complete opposite of what we percieve him to be, and I've never seen a more assured, interesting take on a character from anyone...Nicholson, Pacino and Spacey included. He gives unusual life and breadth to P.T. Anderson's simple, sweet story of love and belonging. This film wasn't about being "artsy", and anyone who didn't get it has obviously been too brain addled by Hollywwod's simplistic, cliched way of telling the same story over and over again to understand anything outside of the mainstream. A fresh, interesting, funny slice of an unusual life. Bravo!

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Summary: worst movie I have ever seen
Review: I am not just a fan of slapstick sandler movies, I like a very diverse group of movies. This was the worst movie I have ever seen. I could not even finish it, it made me sick to my stomach and was the most boring movie I have ever seen.

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Summary: Arty pretensions do not make art...
Review: This film is a pretentious mess. It is full of obscure arty little distractions that make no sense and get no explanation as to their relevance to the plot. Adam Sandler is his usual terrible self; he's not funny in comedies, nor is he convincing in a 'drama', if that's what you can call this. Even the pace, the feel, and the warmth of the film changes abruptly from scene to scene as though the director couldn't make up his mind what kind of film he was making. What he ended up making is one of the worst films I've ever seen.

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Summary: Impossible to feel any connect with the characters...
Review: I am a die-hard Adam Sandler fan, and have enjoyed every movie he has been in. This movie was the exception. Although Adam Sandler does a great job acting in a role far outside his normal adolescent humor, the movie itself can only be described as odd. The movie revolves around a cast of characters who all seem to suffer from some manner of mental abnormality, and as such it is hard to feel a connect with the plight of the characters. The plot involves a series of odd twists, again outside the realm of normal life. There are a few suspenseful moments in the movie, but much of the movie drags like a 50-ton weight. The worst part of the movie is the number of loose ends and oddities that are never explained. What was the point of the harmonium? How could Adam's character be a struggling small business owner, and yet have the money to senselessly purchase so much pudding? How on earth could his girlfriend possibly enjoy being told 'I want to smash your face with a sledgehammer' in an erotic way? The movie can only be appreciated as some manner of abstract art, and not for it's script, character development, plot, or cinematography. 5 stars to Adam Sandler for branching out into such a vastly different role, but 2 stars for the movie as a whole.