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Article: Reviews: Punch drunk love: Two sides to Adam Sandler

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February 6, 2003
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PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (15) Odeon Clerk Street, UGC, from tomorrow ***

ADAM SANDLER in an arthouse movie? No waaaay! Paul Thomas Anderson is remembered for Boogie Nights and the baffling but brilliant Magnolia. With his latest, Punch-Drunk Love, he overdoses on wacko and underdoses on plot. Sandler is miscast, not because he can't act, but because of who he is. Fans of The Waterboy and Happy Gilmore will shake their heads in disbelief and fans of niche indie flicks will be upset by the presence of the man who made Big Daddy.

An inexplicable atmosphere infuses the film. Barry (Sandler) is obviously out to lunch. His mind floats on an oozing swamp of inadequacy. He's socially inept, probably insane ...

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