Comments on: Punch Drunk Love

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:12:55 +0000

Please do not watch this film. It is not arty. It is not good. I get a feeling of the Emporer’s Clothes here. If you don’t like you are dumb - hence every pseudo intellectual says it’s great. I like to be entertained and I also like thought provoking movies. This did neither. It’s awful. Let people who like to think they are intelligent watch it. If you’re a normal person avoid. Save yourself before it’s too late.

By: guitar guy

guitar guy — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:26:26 +0000

I’ve watched this movie over a half-dozen times and it is now one of my all-time favourites. It has so many layers that you get more out of it each time you watch it. This is a love story about real people with real issues, not that predictable Hollywood bullshit that rakes in all the money. Allow yourself to learn from this movie. It has a lot.

By: Wallflower

Wallflower — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 03:19:26 +0000

I’m tired of all those cheesy love stories. Hollywood endings where the handsome hero and the beatiful heroine escape some kind of “impossible” situation to be together at the end. The last moment is perfect happiness…yet if we fast forward a few hours, days, months…the two would have broken up for some superficial reason.

This story is about a true love story. It may not be a perfect love, but at least it is real. Theirs is an honest love, perhaps a sick love, and in a sick world. We dont’ all live in wonderland.

By: turbo

turbo — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:34:55 +0000

judging by the reviews, i’m guessing not everyone sees the value in a pt anderson “romantic comedy”. for those simple minded, easily amused folk, i suggest PRETTY WOMAN. there are plenty of bright colors and fun songs for you in that movie. this film is indeed deep, but you dont have to be artsy or even witty to find the beauty within. any writer/director who can bring burt renyolds back, for an OSCAR nomination none the less, or get adam sandler to display this much depth, deserves more credit than these reviews.

By: Matt Bettine

Matt Bettine — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:46:40 +0000

That movie was beautiful…I’m sad to see so many of you couldn’t appreciate it. I myself adore adam’s comedys, but this, this was something else. I think the title hits it head on. I think the music is amazing. I guess MTV is taking it’s toll. I agree with julian all the way up there. I disagree with all the sleepers and eye gougers. Off-beat? No. Artistic? No. If you could stop expecting and stereotyping, maybe you could enjoy the film.

By: 818

818 — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:14:20 +0000

Next time you watch the film, keep this in mind. The harmonium is a symbol of Adam Sandler’s heart and the phone is a symbol of his problems. Ever wonder why he’s crying over the harmonium one minute and duct taping it the next? Or why he brings the phone all the way to Utah and gives it to the guy at the end? It’s a great film, you just gotta understand the symbolism to appreciate it.

By: kevin ashba

kevin ashba — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:02:53 +0000

I have seen “artsy” movies. This was just too pitiful. It was too pitiful to even fall asleep during. I would have LIKED to go to sleep but the music was too damned annoying. I would appreciate it just a little bit more if I knew what the HELL the director was THINKING. PT ANDERSON….come on man. Magnolia was good. This is a DYING CARNATION>

By: josh lamb

josh lamb — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 09:52:44 +0000

i went to the movie store tonight to get a movie for a group of friends, i picked it up not knowing a thing about it except that sandler was in it. i guess i expected a more funny sort of comedy. i found the movie very good from an artistic point of view, but the girl i was with didnt think much of it. kinda made me and my friends look like we were a bunch of pychologist trying to analyze the weird things they kept throwing off the walls

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 11:05:24 +0000

I WANT MY MONEY BACK

By: GDTRP

GDTRP — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:29:03 +0000

You need to understand that this film was made for the mind, and that you need to do something with your life…