2002-11-02 23:44:54+01 by ziffle 1 comments
"Punch-Drunk Love"
I thought it was a chick flick - I almost walked out - Am I glad I stayed? Dunno - Reminded me of a mental patient on acid - or maybe just another 60's nothingist movies - see it your self - in a blue suit - and its not![[Wiki]](/adbanners/lookingglass.png){kind=small}
a chick flick. Where is Adam sandler taking us?
Ziffle
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#Comment made: 2002-11-04 14:45:58+01 by: petronius [edit history]
I don't quite understand how Punch-Drunk Love got billed as a comedy. There were a few deadpan laughs in it, but the sudden explosions of violence were downright scary. I particularly was struck by the scene where Sandler calls his sister from a payphone in Hawaii, and in the space of a few seconds moves from a casual conversation to threatening her life. The desperation and barely repressed volcanic anger in the scene was harrowing. I think I was the only person in the theater that really liked it.
For a chick flick, try Real Women Have Curves. It's a nice, positive movie, although the mother-daughter conflict could have been done as easily in a Jewish, Greek, Italian or East Indian setting. It also betrays its roots as a play through a bit too much talking in the pivotal scenes.
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