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Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Rank 2 Reviews
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Film Freak Central
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
The Film Journal (Peter Tonguette)
TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik
stylusmagazine.com (Matthew Weiner)
About Independent Film
CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)
... the former “SNL” star really is ideal as Anderson’s put-upon hero. Regardless, a much longer “stretch” might have been realized with a more mainstream actor in such a whacked-out role. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Anderson has done something interesting with Sandler's overworked man-child persona: He's transformed him into a disturbingly childish man, a troubled adult whose immaturity hints at something a lot darker than Happy Gilmore. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Punch-Drunk Love is little more than a string of intermittently amusing peccadilloes passed off as a story. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Cinema 2000 (João Lopes; Vasco Câmara)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Xi-online (Maren Siebert)
www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)
Xi-online (Mike Peek)
Civilcinema.cl (Sebastian Minay)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Xi-online (Maurice van Turnhout)
Civilcinema (Carolina Illino)
Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A crooked nose character comedy full of idiosyncrasies, yet I’m not sure if P.T. Anderson’s methods always align with his intent. The result lurches and drags. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
The kind of brain fart a young and creatively impotent hothead thinks up when what he really wants to do isn’t coming to him. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
Everything about Punch-Drunk Love works in a Being John Malkovich sort of way save one. Sandler. When your star doesn't work, it's hard to get us to buy into the rest of a movie as unusual as this. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Anderson has this uncanny ability to take good ideas that shouldn't take more than twenty minutes of screen time and stretching them out ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Ironically, the audience which has made [Sandler] a wealthy star will probably not appreciate the one film that proves him to be an actor. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
I wouldn't have minded even the Hollywood schlock lurking behind the studied weirdness if I'd believed in any of the characters on any level. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Reel Movie Critic (Cathy Edsey Collins)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Don't be surprised if this emperor is wearing no clothes. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
ShowBIZ Data (--)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Punch-Drunk Love buries a terrific performance by Adam Sandler under a heap of faux cleverness, meaningless symbolism and irritating mannerisms. ...read the complete Punch-Drunk Love movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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