Genres:
Comedy Drama
Romance
Theatrical Release: 10/11/2002(USA
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD-EX/DTS/DDS
Run Time:
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Adam Sandler and
Emily Watson star in
Punch-Drunk Love, an odd
romantic comedy from gifted young director
Paul Thomas Anderson.
Sandler plays
Barry Egan, a shy sad-sack with a great deal of repressed anger that occasionally bursts forth in sudden violent outrages, who falls in love with
Lena Leonard (
Emily Watson), a co-worker of one of
Barry's seven sisters. After calling a phone-sex line,
Barry is extorted by bad-guy
Dean Trumbell (
Anderson regular
Philip Seymour Hoffman), who eventually sends four goons to assault Barry and get the money. This film was screened in competition at the
2002 Cannes Film Festival, where
Paul Thomas Anderson was named Best Director. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide