"Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is the American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán.
Sandler won positive reviews for his role in his first major departure from the broader comedies that had made him a star. Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that "Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor. Watching this film, you can imagine him in Dennis Hopper roles. He has darkness, obsession and power." He won Best Actor at the Gijón International Film Festival and received a Golden Globe nomination."
Sander plays a small time Businessman, whose ultra passive behaviour hides a sense or rage within his personality that sometimes overboils in fits of anger. Growing up with seven sisters hasn't been kind to him and is mainly the route of his problems, his way with women, his social outcast, he is simpley a person who does not know how to handle things.
This was a breakout role for sandler and I still think his best performance to date along with Reign on Me, because it showed that yes he can act and he isn't just happy gilmore. Emily Watson is equally good and the two share some great chemestry together on screen. The directing and Cinematography are both top notch and the art style of the now deceased Jeremy Blake is superb and really adds another dimension to the film. Not to mention the great Philip Seymour Hoffman and his small cameo role. A Favorite of mine for alot of years that everyone should check out.
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Bloom - Jeremy Blake
Sandler won positive reviews for his role in his first major departure from the broader comedies that had made him a star. Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that "Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor. Watching this film, you can imagine him in Dennis Hopper roles. He has darkness, obsession and power." He won Best Actor at the Gijón International Film Festival and received a Golden Globe nomination."
Sander plays a small time Businessman, whose ultra passive behaviour hides a sense or rage within his personality that sometimes overboils in fits of anger. Growing up with seven sisters hasn't been kind to him and is mainly the route of his problems, his way with women, his social outcast, he is simpley a person who does not know how to handle things.
This was a breakout role for sandler and I still think his best performance to date along with Reign on Me, because it showed that yes he can act and he isn't just happy gilmore. Emily Watson is equally good and the two share some great chemestry together on screen. The directing and Cinematography are both top notch and the art style of the now deceased Jeremy Blake is superb and really adds another dimension to the film. Not to mention the great Philip Seymour Hoffman and his small cameo role. A Favorite of mine for alot of years that everyone should check out.
Trailer
Bloom - Jeremy Blake
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