Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 American absurdist romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It follows an entrepreneur with social anxiety who falls in love with his sister's co-worker. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and New Line Cinema, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Plot
Barry Egan is a bachelor who owns a company that markets themed toilet plungers and other novelty items. He has seven overbearing sisters who regularly ridicule and emotionally abuse him, so he leads a lonely life punctuated by fits of rage and social anxiety.
More details
| author | Paul Thomas Anderson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles Waikiki |
| director | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| editor | Leslie Jones |
| genre | comedy-drama social |
| keywords | abandon birthday party business trip car accident fight frequent flyer program harmonium hawaii healthy choice meet phone sex phone sex line pudding pump organ social anxiety theme tire iron |
| musicBy | Jon Brion |
| producer | Daniel Lupi JoAnne Sellar Paul Thomas Anderson |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures New Line Cinema Revolution Studios |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | California Honolulu |
| theme | absurdist romantic comedy |