Paul Thomas Anderson winning Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Punch-Drunk Love is one of the greatest deserving wins ever.

Wish Ebert could have seen Uncut Gems.

When Adam Sandler actually acts, no one pays to see it. why?

PTA and Sandler should team up again.

Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman... RIP. :(

had always hated Adam Sandler until I saw this movie. I was completely stunned by his performance.

Everything about this movie is a delight. One thing that's looked over in this film are the technical aspects. The lighting, camera movements, framing, timing, and EXTREME attention to detail bring this film to a whole other level that most people don't take into consideration. Punch-Drunk Love is a very underrated and unfortunately overlooked film in my opinion, maybe because it's essentially an offbeat romantic comedy? I don't know, but to be honest I think it's a bit ahead of it's time. I mean you can see the influences like Altman and Jacques Tati, but there's just certain elements and details to it that simply no one is really doing in film today.

I think Roger Ebert would love the upcoming movie Uncut Gems as well!

One of Barry's insecurities is that he really likes to dress up in a sharp outfit when everyone else dresses all casually which can very easily make him feel awkward when he's out in public. That is definitely one of my own insecurities.

Imagine: Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze and Adam Sandler. That would be so good

Love Punch Drunk Love. Miss Roger Ebert

Punch-Drunk Love made 24 million. Mr. Deeds made 171 million. Both released in 2002. Tells you what you need to know about Adam Sandler's core fanbase.

I really get a charge out of that pudding scene it makes me laugh how Guzman is in a complete stupor 😂

This finally got released on blu-ray recently thanks to Criterion. I love this movie and I wish Sandler was involved in more projects like this.

Sandler should’ve gotten an Oscar nom for this film. Brilliant performance.

Adam is back on track with Uncut Gems!

Well this was the first film he did where he began to wear his Kubrickian influences on his sleeve. Boogie Nights and Magnolia were more Scorcese and Altman, and Hard Eight was more Demme. There Will Be Blood was even more so Kubrickian w/ a bit of John Huston and some Malickian Lyricism. The Master felt like an even further extension of the classicist style he adopted in Blood, w/ him becoming more minimalist and lyrical, and in a sense impressionistic. Inherent Vice is going to kick ass.

2:23 "theres always been more going on like Robin Williams" That part is a little sad to listen to after what happened.

one of the best movies of all time

Unfortunately, Adam Sandler has pretty much only made Adam Sandler movies ever since.

"He shouldn't always make Adam Sandler movies..." Too late. Besides Funny People this was about it

Still one of my favorite PTA movies. Really caught me by surprise when I first saw it.

For those complaining that why he didn’t continue roles like this. To get in a headspace to portray such a character is taxing. To live in this skin is taxing.

he's turned down so many dramatic roles after punch drunk love. i want him in more dramatic roles

I love this film I like the car crash tire iron scene and matress man scene

I really wished Gene Siskel had lived to see this film because with the Happy Gilmore review he predicted Adam Sandler had a decent movie in him.

I love it when they make so much sense.

Seeing Licorice Pizza, highly recommended, made me want to dig up other PTA films (the only one I've seen is Boogie Nights and Inherent Vice). It's strange that these 2 acclaimed film critics basically articulated everything I thought--especially in regards to how superb Adam Sandler tackled this complex character. This is my 3rd favorite Adam Sandler movie after Licorice Pizza and Boogie Nights. I didn't really care for Inherent Vice but am really looking forward to the other PTA films.

Agreed. An absolutely WONDERFUL movie!

miss gene and roger

Too bad he wanted to go down the wrong path again by making trash like Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Jack & Jill, Just Go With It, That's My Boy, and the upcoming Blended.

Roger would off been happy to see some of Sandlers later work

@DonRMB i think he means that the lighting is very much Kubrick-ian. it has the dreamy look to it that's the same with Eyes Wide Shut

Favorite pta film

Sandler is great at playing angry and this movie does the best job of using his talents.

His net worth is greater than Clint Eastwood's who has owned his own films since the early 70s. Sometimes pumping out the garbage is more profitable than waiting on good projects.

Amazing movie

Adam Sandler is a great writer, composer and comedic genius.

there's already been a twin peaks movie, twin peaks: fire walk with me from 1992.

@lifeanddeathofsadman Yes.

Totally agree with Ebert...I wish other directors would use Sandlers terribly under-achieving acting skills in more dynamic and dramatic roles.

Agreed!

Adam Sandler was actually brilliant in this film, like a performance on par with some of the best of the decade.

Why can't there be a beauty and geek movie with a geek like this? A sweet guy with tons of rage boiling beneath his facade

Loved Punch. Drunk. Love. Sandler was brilliant in this film.

(9/2/22) I just watched this. Reign Over Me is my favorite Adam Sandler movie, but this easily takes 2nd place. :) Sandler should do more dramas. I like his comedies, but he's at his best in drama.

@SteamProVidz That's such a interesting idea dude, I honestly could see Sandler as Daniel Plainview, however unlikely that is, good call.

I think if Sandler did more stuff like this, "Spanglish" and "Reign Over Me" critics would love him again. He is really good being serious. This film is kinda like a Kubrick film.

Gotta say as much as I love this one Reign Over Me was the better film and more relatable for me atleast. I actually had to go out and buy a copy of the videogame for PS2 at the time because I liked it so much, lol. But I can relate to lots of little things in both movies. With any song or film you never relate completely with everything but certain scenes or stanzas in music will stand out and variably with different people.

Imagine if this movie was a Happy Madison production.

I love that the title of this video doesn't even mention poor Richard Roeper.

this movie was such a wild surprise for me....I loved it

damn, roger would have loved uncut gems

Imagine a film written by Charlie Kaufman and spike jonze and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler.

@loggerbomb Yeah bicentennial man was probably one of the greater films I have seen. An emotional master piece. And Hook, lets not forget that.

2:46 Safdie bros: "...noted"

❤

Excellent film!

I'm 15 and I thought "Punch-Drunk Love" was a wonderful movie with the best performance Adam Sandler has ever given. (And I'm a huge Sandler fan)

At least we got a glimpse of good acting from him in Funny People.

@DonRMB he said that it was lit like a kubrick film, that means little, he was just praising the look.

Wow

@MrRamirez787 Got to agree. Wish he would go back to the more serious roles. This and Click were great and were not out and out comedies. Same with Robin Williams. His darker roles have been his best.

He would be proud of Safdie Brothers today

one of my favorite films of the 2000s era. along with "juno", "the dark knight", "the aviator", "a beautiful mind".

What ebert says to watch is important to people who look as cool as he does

Guaranteed Ebert would've loved Uncut Gems.

love the movie

@mynameisiansmum You should watch Funny People. It's a great Sandler performance.

Click made me cry. I seriously did not expect to cry at an Adam Sandler movie!

Just in the way it was done

And it wouldn’t be until Uncut Gems that a director saw that in him again.

Sandler should team up with Anderson again to make another masterpiece.

Adam Sandler basically plays the same character here that he always does, the difference is that this film takes his character flaws more seriously than Sandler's other films do.

@solo13th Most people call him PT. lol

haha. I thought this was Cartman as the Awsome-o robot's idea from that South Park episode.

LOL @ 0:15 that was the first time i heard anyone call paul thomas anderson, pt anderson

Yeah, it's really sad. His worst movies make more money, he actually loses money when he does a good job. It's a paradox, I think it's his curse really. He could be legendary I think, but he's kinda stuck playing dumb roles. There's still more time for him, hopefully he pulls out some more great performances though. Every once in awhile he plays a really great role, but this is definitely the best I think.

there's already a twin peaks movie, man

no shit Safdie brothers saw it, Mr. Ebert.

You are one of the few people in the world to come to that strange conclusion of a statement. Whatever floats your boat and what you wanna tell yourself.

I'm pretty certain that both siskel and ebert would've given uncut gems a full four stars

1:08

definitely seems like a movie Jerry Lewis would have dreamed to do

Adam Sandler is always a good actor!

Camera work more so I believe. As in how the story was told by the movememt.I don't think elswit or however u spell that, has anything much I'm common with Kubrick

Before this movie I enjoyed Adam Sandler in small dosages; he was funny and amiable, but generally I did not enjoy his work. I think that Adam Sandler was always an excellent actor, but this was the first film with the kind of writing that actually referenced the multiple layers to his performance.

Comedians can act, dramatic actors can be funny at times but Sandler can act! But everyone wants him to be funny/goofy/silly...but that's what I like about Adam Sandler.

It would be good if PTA did a Sandler on Keanu Reeves

Was that ever an opinionated overstated untrue mouthful! And FYI Happy Gilmore is not only his best but most successful meaning millions of differing people highly love it!

After Punch Drunk Love , Adam Sandler should've gotten together with David Lynch...and worked on 'Twin Peaks: The Movie' together or something like that!

This was the one good Sandler film. Of course, Sandler fans hated it.

watching this now it makes me think that Sandler never watched this review

actually now that i think of it more Eternal Sunshine than BJM

Shit I think ur right. I just looked at eyes wide shut again. Funny I didn't notice :/

this movie reminded me a LOT of "Being John Malkovich"...

If only Siskle & Ebert would’ve lived to see Uncut Gems, especially since they both ripped apart Sandler’s movies before.

How did Barry know the dude worked at that furniture store

It’s strange how Adam Sandler has made some of the worst and best films of all time.

This was a great movie people don't like it because it's not your standard goofy sandler movie also Spanglish is a great one as well.