Product DescriptionAdam Sandler takes a shot at critical respectability with Punch-Drunk Love, a movie by director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia). Sandler plays Barry Egan, a lonely small businessman who calls a phone sex line one night, only to find himself the victim of an extortion scheme the next day--the very same day on which he goes out on a date with the woman who may be the love of his life (the utterly delightful Emily Watson). Barry is a lot like Sandler's popular comic characters--socially maladept, prone to violence, always on the brink of embarrassment--but here Sandler plays it real; the result is both off-putting and sympathetic. Anderson's writing skills, unfortunately, are not as strong as his visual sense. Punch-Drunk Love has many strengths (including great supporting actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán), but ultimately fizzles out. --Bret Fetzer - Actors: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, Jason Andrews
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
- Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- ISBN: 1404946683
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Original Language): French
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Language (Subtitled): French
- Language (Dubbed): French
- Region Code: 99
- Release Date: 2003-12-02
- Running Time: 95 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2002-11-01
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