Film Review no. 3: Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
★★☆☆☆5 word summary:
Couponing can be very lucrative.
5 sentence review:
I need to start this review by saying that I intensely dislike Adam Sandler, I dislike his films and acting and persona and I found it very difficult to look past that when watching this film, so that has definitely impaired my enjoyment.
This was a confused film, I thought it was about a shy/lonely man as he struggled to feel happy, however it was actually about a very angry and violent man who ends up with the nicest woman imaginable.
At the beginning I was very confused as to why everyone was so awkward with their acting, then I realised it was because Adam Sandler was/his character but then I remembered....why is everyone awkward?
All the conversations were stilted and I got annoyed at Sandler's sister for picking on him for being 'weird' when she was equally (if not more) so, and I can't work out if it is the direction, delivery or writing.
The film itself shows some interesting ideas, however this has to be the weakest Paul Thomas Anderson out of the three I've seen.
5 good things:1. Emily Watson
2. Luis Guzmán (I'm becoming a bit of a fan)
3. Extreme couponing.
4. Only 95 minutes.
5....
5 bad things:
1. Adam Sandler.
2. The script...delivery...direction...? All three? Just one?
3. The weird art-house fuzzy colourful lines.
4. Lack of explanation for a lot of things.
5. Violence/aggression not solve or presented as much of a problem.
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