Drunk Love
Drunk Love
Punch Drunk Love (2002)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
The latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson is a strange and crazy story about an eccentric sort, Barry Egan (played by Adam Sandler) who sees her as mundane and routine life is transformed completely in a few hours, Egan is the only male in a family with 7 sisters and over the years has accumulated frustrations and insecurities that you download from the most unexpected in sudden violent attacks.
The events happen so unexpectedly and suddenly, one day, without knowing it, Egan gets a blue suit, that night, so casual, driven by despair, Egan calls a phone erotic and the next day one of his sisters, always look for committed couples will now present to Lena (Emily Watson), the situation is beginning to overwhelm Egan when he receives a call from the girl's phone asking for money and erotic exploits Lena may be the love of her life.
There are also several unusual elements in the film, which like strangers McGuffin distract the attention of the viewer, as a matter of miles to buy the gift pudings or the role of the piano strange that someone left on the street.
All these elements, and any more that escapes me, leave us the feeling of being faced with a strange movie indeed, the main plot, to romance between the protagonists, are often confused between elements ultimately superfluous subtracting intensity to the love story.
Adam Sandler fits perfectly with his eccentric character and gives us some amusing moments and surprising but finds problems in conveying emotions more profound.
It is inevitable, and I do it from the beginning, compare this film with Magnolia, knowing that it is an unfair comparison, Punch Drunk Love does not attempt to equalize the levels of emotional intensity of Anderson's previous film, but it is perhaps understandable that after that whirlwind this film we know little.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman has a small but juicy role in the tape embodying the ringleader of the scam phone, not surprisingly, the variety of entries for this actor.
We distinguish and, clearly, some elements and personal film of Paul Thomas Anderson: Those planes fixed gaps in a second they become a hell, or the manner in which the camera follows the characters, much as Kubrick, or the how the music accompanying the image (wonderful soundtrack) or the use of color, also very recognizable and distinctive.
Punch Drunk Love does not stand up (in emotional depth) a comparison with previous films by Anderson, although technically it is perhaps the most elaborate and striking, even so, this director is still well above the average in a market, the U.S., too little good directors.
