Punch-Drunk Love

Punch Drunk Love is a wonderfully uncomfortable film that just gets better with subsequent viewings. Emotions are powerfully conveyed thanks to Adam Sandler's performance and an incredible sound design. I don't remember the last time I rooted this hard for love.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ - A BRILLIANT job acting by Adam Sandler.

10❤- Masterpiece 💯
9❤- Excellent
8❤ - Amazing 👌
7❤- Great 🌞
6❤ - Good 👍
5❤ - Average 🤕
4❤ - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3❤ - Bad 😭
2😡- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit

This instantly just became one of my favourite films

I saw this movie in the cinema, 22 years ago, and wasnt a big fan, but coming back to it after all thise years it blew me away, I think Sandler was really going against his usual type of film at the time, but I would argue he is the only actor that could have played this role and should have been nominated, absloutely love the score for this movie, captures the social anxiety of the scene, then changes into romantic music at other points, I could have put it traight back on to watch again, i feell like I have 22 years to catch up on with rewatching this movie now

"I sometimes cry a lot....for no reason."

This is the Adam Sandler I'd like to see more of. He's performance was both funny and heart-breaking at the same time. But I couldn't bring myself to watch another Sandler film after this. He's gotten so lazy and doesn't bother staring in theses type of movies anymore. This film perfectly demonstrates that he's capable of more than what he's famous for. You can see the boiling rage inside of Sandler character and tries to contain it. He acts nice around other people and finds joy in the strangest way.

There's nothing else quite like it. The lighting, camera movements, framing, timing, and EXTREME attention to detail bring this film to a whole other level. Paul Thomas Anderson is lighting in the bottle.

Oh and Philip Seymour Hoffman stole the show with his "SHUT UP!".

As someone with crippling social anxiety, I felt every second of this movie [spoiler] and the ending was so satisfactory and relatable. You can be afraid of uncomfortable situations all the time until it involves a loved one, all fear goes out of the window and you find your strength. [/spoiler]

Charming and funny, Punch-Drunk Love is an eccentric romantic comedy from P.T. Anderson. After finding a harmonium in the street Berry Egan’s life undergoes a bizarre turn of events as he’s pursued by a beautiful woman and is extorted by a crooked phone-sex company. Adam Sandler and Emily Watson lead the cast and deliver excellent performances that really capture the tone of the material. Sandler’s performance in particular is especially compelling and has a lot of depth. And Anderson’s directing is exquisite, with a marvelous use of light and color. The music is also extraordinarily well-done, and accentuates the emotional tones of the scenes. Exceptionally well crafted, Punch-Drunk Love is a brilliant film that delivers a quirky and touching story.

Amazing little film. Masterfully directed, edited, scored and acted. Barry's crippling anxiety and impulse control issues were palpable in every single scene. Easily one of Sandler's best performances.

[spoiler]Borderline personality disorder (if that was what Barry was suffering from) is one of the more difficult mental disorders to diagnose and treat, mainly because the ones who struggle with it are usually too ashamed to come forward and seek help. The non-stop emotional abuse he had to endure from his narcissistic sisters since his early childhood must have been deeply traumatizing.
I wish Lena was a little more fleshed out as a character. Usually people who are attracted to people with borderline have either personal experience with the disorder or they are familiar with it through a close relative or friend.[/spoiler]

This would've made a great TV series.

A movie plot about a lower IQ man who has been verbally abused by his sisters that has an aftermath of control/impulse issues, who ends ups falling in love. But the movie has all kinds os scenes throughout the film that makes one think that the writer was drunk when they wrote the script. So many scenes, especially towards the end of the film when Barry (main character) realizes he loves Lena (main character's lover) back, when one is like "what am I watching."

Adam Sandler was really great in this. Its a different movie and not for everyone.