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Mood:
- OffbeatSentimentalTouchingBittersweetHumorous
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Plot:
- Self DiscoveryFall in LoveTrue LoveLove and RomanceMind and SoulFamily RelationsCouple RelationsLooking for Love more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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Audience:
- Date Night
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Surreal
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- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Punch-Drunk Love, 2002
English
USA
Profile of Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love can be described as bittersweet, offbeat, and sentimental. The plot revolves around true love, self discovery, and falling in love. The main genres are drama, comedy, and romance. In terms of style, Punch-Drunk Love is surreal. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in the USA. Punch-Drunk Love takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a date night.
Summary of Punch-Drunk Love
Paul Thomas Anderson follows 1999's MAGNOLIA with the intensely compelling character study PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is a quiet, shy, socially awkward man with an office in an out-of-the-way warehouse. He is dedicated to his job as a wholesale toilet plunger salesman, he keeps a nice apartment, and he is obsessed with special offers on grocery store products. Barry's latest fixation is on frequent flier miles included with the purchase of Healthy Choice foods. Barry wears a bright blue suit, though he doesn't know why. With seven outspoken sisters, Barry is constantly being nagged, questioned, and berated. He is challenged to explain the reasons for his actions, and it eventually becomes clear that Barry cannot control his often-violent impulses, a trait which is increasingly problematic. When a beautiful woman, Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), walks into his life with an instinctive attraction to him, a nonjudgmental attitude, and unconditional love, Barry undergoes a powerful transformation.
Anderson's film is a tour-de-force for which he garnered the Best Director award at Cannes 2002. Set primarily in Los Angeles and Utah, he shoots either bleak deserted spaces (apartment building hallways) or lush, exotic paradises (Hawaii). Aiming for a Technicolor look, the blue of Barry's suit in contrast with Lena's solid pinks, reds, and whites, pops off of the screen. Colorful interludes designed by visual artist Jeremy Blake offer hallucinogenic lapses from the action of the film, while the rapid percussive score by Jon Brion keeps the suspense and the emotional exasperation of the film on a constantly high level.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 8 October 2002 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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- by: Todd McCarthy
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- by: Michael Wilmington
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- 22.October.2011
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- by: Yesiamaduck
- Yesiamaduck rated this movie
8/10Great
- 17.August.2010
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- by: Scorantino
- Scorantino rated this movie8/10Great
