`It's not an Adam Sandler movie. It's a movie with Adam Sandler.' You may have heard this encouragement when you balked at going to see "Punch-Drunk Love." So if you're a Sandler fan, go see "Jackass" cause the director of "Boogie Nights' and "Magnolia" is going for a hat trick, sans the simulated sex, seediness and raining frogs. That's the good news.
In Chicago, there's a jinx on any World Series contender called the ex-Cub Factor. Like other well-known correlations - such as the Super Bowl/ stock market - this one damns the team with the most ex-Cubs on board. The similarly formulated Sandler Factor can bring a whole film down with him. That's the bad news.
Emily Watson might have saved this quirky comedy but she didn't. Philip Seymour Hoffman, a regular in Anderson films, understands his role and delivers but can't save it from a supporting position. Paul Thomas Anderson (the director) was moving towards the mastery of his craft but he took a break.
"Punch-Drunk Love" is not worth the effort to review, or your time to view. Adam Sandler has a long way to go to become a legitimate actor. But that's not going to stop him from getting rich.
Life isn't fair.
In Chicago, there's a jinx on any World Series contender called the ex-Cub Factor. Like other well-known correlations - such as the Super Bowl/ stock market - this one damns the team with the most ex-Cubs on board. The similarly formulated Sandler Factor can bring a whole film down with him. That's the bad news.
Emily Watson might have saved this quirky comedy but she didn't. Philip Seymour Hoffman, a regular in Anderson films, understands his role and delivers but can't save it from a supporting position. Paul Thomas Anderson (the director) was moving towards the mastery of his craft but he took a break.
"Punch-Drunk Love" is not worth the effort to review, or your time to view. Adam Sandler has a long way to go to become a legitimate actor. But that's not going to stop him from getting rich.
Life isn't fair.