|
|
Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Punch-Drunk Love' an Adam Sandler surprise
- Article from:
- University Wire
- Article date:
- October 17, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
00-00-0000
(The Diamondback) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Ask any young cinephile,
what they think about wunderkind director Paul Thomas Anderson and
expect a string of glowing superlatives a mile long. Conversely, ask
that same person their thoughts about comedian-cum-simian Adam Sandler
and brace yourself for a withering glare of distaste and disdain,
possibly followed by a protracted, "Ugh."
Yes, physical comedy gets a bad rap these days. But much of that has
to due with it being swaddled within banal scatological stories with
zero depth. Sandler has become highly representative of this. Here
is a paradigm for any of his flicks: slacker has little purpose to
his ...