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      Dark romantic comedy

      • Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 dark romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
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  2. Jan 15, 2021 · Anderson’s script for Punch-Drunk Love has a decidedly pitch-black comic sensibility. Barry’s antics with the phone sex extortion are ripped straight from a Coen brothers movie. And that dark comedy is never a detriment to the sweetness of the love story; if anything, it reinforces it.

  3. Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 American absurdist romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It follows an entrepreneur with social anxiety who falls in love with his sister's co-worker.

  4. 191. Play trailer 2:31. 3 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Drama Romance. Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena. Director. Paul Thomas Anderson.

    • Paul Thomas Anderson
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  5. May 8, 2018 · When a bleak drama is subverted by jolts of laughter, it’s a relief; comedy subverted by unvarnished pain and distress, though, is a much more acquired taste. Watching Punch-Drunk Love now, I marvel at the unbearably tense warehouse scenes because I recognize the puckish spark and unique vision in that discordant cinematic symphony. But as an ...

  6. Oct 11, 2022 · 'Punch-Drunk Love' Proved That Sandler Could Go Beyond Comedy Even though Sandler has gotten praise for his dramatic turn in this film - and rightfully so - Anderson is also a large part of why ...

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  7. Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 dark romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. The film tells the story of Barry Egan (Sandler), a sweet-natured but socially inept and introverted manchild whose life revolves around his ...

  8. May 2, 2018 · Watching Punch-Drunk Love now, I marvel at the unbearably tense warehouse scenes because I recognize the puckish spark and unique vision in that discordant cinematic symphony. But as an adolescent, I didn’t yet have the necessary experience and context to laugh along with provocation.

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