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Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Punch-Drunk Love (2002) a score of 2.9859 out of 4
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (John Urbancich)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Steven Rosen)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)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)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)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)
 
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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