Punch-Drunk Love overview

Punch-Drunk Love

Synopsis:

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Studio: Ghoulardi Film Co., Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, Revolution Studios
  • Year: 2002
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy Drama, Romance
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2002 11 01 (USA), 2002 10 11 (USA - Limited)